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spinosa ; and a specimen of Equisetam Wilsoni. The last was gathered 

 near Mullingar, in Westmeath, in February, 1850. It grows abun- 

 dantly by the edge of the canal there. L. spinosa grows abundantly 

 in boggy ground in the neighbourhood of Whitchurch, Salop. The 

 difference between it and L. mulliflora, growing side by side, is almost 

 as marked as that between two different sj^ecies can be, L. Thely- 

 pteris grows abundantly in Quoiseley Meres, near Whitchurch, and in 

 Wybunbury Moss, near Nanlwich. I found Botrychium Lunaria in 

 a field near the canal at Whitchurch. Osmunda regalis grows plenti- 

 fully in that neighbourhood." 



The President read the following extracts from a letter from Mr. 

 Watson : — 



Asplenium gernianicum in Northumberland. 



" To-day I received two fronds of Asplenium gerraanicum, gathered 

 by Q. R. Tate, on Kyloe Rocks, Northumberland." 



Lastrea uliginosa not in Kincardineshire. 



" Lastrea uliginosa has not been found in Kincardineshire. It ap- 

 pears that Mr. Syme had inadvertently marked its name in a ' London 

 Catalogue ' instead of L. dilatata." 



Botanical Society of London. 



Friday^ August 6, 1852. — John Reynolds, Esq., Treasurer, in the 



chair. 



Amongst the donations announced to the library was the third vo- 

 lume of ' Cybele Britannica,' by Hewett Cottrell Watson, Esq. ; pre- 

 sented by the author. 



A paper ' On Lastrea cristata and its Allies,' by Mr. T. Moore, 

 F.L.S., was read (see p. 672).— (?. E. D. 



