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rally shelters itself by the roots of the hazel, as the primrose is 

 often found, in the spring, occupying similar situations. The plant, 

 at a short distance, has somewhat the appearance of a small bush, 

 with a stem rising to the height of about fifteen or eighteen inches, 

 and four or five branches curving upwards ; and, without being so 

 handsome as M. arvense, with its variety of colours, it is not entirely 

 devoid of some claim to beauty. The flowers are much larger than 

 those of M. pratense collected in a wood by Hornsey, a little to the 

 north of the turnpike-gate at Highgate, in 1835; colour lighter, atte- 

 nuating nearly to white ; leaves also larger, some being an inch in 

 breadth at the base, and more than three in length, — shape lanceo- 

 late ; spikes not so close as those of M. arvense, the acuminating 

 floral leaves pointing upwards, in various degrees of elevation." 



Cyperus fuscus in Yorkshire. 



The President read the following note, from Mr. J. G. Baker, dated 

 October 20, 1852 :— 



" Whilst looking, a short time ago, through a bundle of unnamed 

 Cyperaceae collected in vaiious parts of Cleveland, by Wm. Mudd, of 

 Ayton, I was pleasantly surprised at finding amongst them a few spe- 

 cimens of Cyperus fuscus. Upon inquiring for further particulars, I 

 am informed they were procured last season, in company with Scir- 

 pus pauciflorus, Carex pulicaris, Fissidens osmundioides and F. adi- 

 antoides, Hypnum nitens and H. stramineum, Bartramia raarchica, 

 &c., from an extensive swamp or bog on Guisborough Moor, about 

 400 yards from Codhill farm-house, and a mile due east from the 

 well-known Roseberry Topping. The locality may be readily found 

 by a stranger, or recognized in the map, as being situated directly 

 between the rise of Sleddale Beck, one of the principal branches of 

 the Esk running to the south, and that of the small stream that passes 

 Guisborough, and runs into the sea at Saltburn, in an opposite direc- 

 tion, by reference to the altitude of Roseberry, which is stated to 

 be nearly 500 yards (1488 feet). The elevation attained by the Cy- 

 perus may be estimated at 400 yards, which, in this latitude (55—56), 

 though taking into consideration proximity to the sea, will indicate 

 an average annual temperature as low as 44 — 45 degrees. Its occur- 

 rence in a locality so widely distant from those already ascertained in 

 this country, will give it the advantage in dispersed area and zonal 

 range over its more conspicuous congener predicted by Dr. Bromfield 

 (Phytol. iii. 1017), from a consideration of its extensive distribution 

 on the continent, and will considerably increase the probabihty of its 



