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viands had been discussed, and customary toasts drank, the Rev. W. 

 S. Symonds, thanking the Honorary Members for their attendance, 

 made some admirable remarks on the uses of Clubs like their own, 

 and dwelt on the value of Natural History as a part of education. He 

 yet hoped that practical modern science would take its proper place 

 in our universities; and he thought men were as well entitled to 

 honorary distinctions for their powers of observation and research, 

 well carried out, as for exercises in Greek, Latin, or the mathematics. 

 These observations elicited general applause. 



Papers were then read, by Edwin Lees, Esq., F.L.S, ' On the Plants 

 of the Silurian Strata, and those peculiar to Limestone Districts, with 

 Reflections incident to the Subject;' by the Rev. G. C. Davis, Vicar 

 of Tewkesbury, ' On the Migration of Swallows ; ' and by Mr. Hewit 

 Wheatley, of Hereford, ' On the Fishes of Herefordshire.' The paper 

 of Mr. Lees, on the Silurian plants, led to a discussion, in which Pro- 

 fessor Buckman, of Cirencester, Dr. Wright, of Cheltenham, and Mr. 

 W. H. Purchas, of Ross, took part. Dr. Wright proposed that a 

 chart should be formed of the country under their notice, showing 

 the plants of each geological formation; and Mr. Lees, Professor 

 Buckman, and Mr. Purchas were constituted a committee to carry 

 out this idea. The party separated, much pleased with their reunion, 

 and hopeful for another at no distant day. 



Note on Epilohium Lamyi. 



Mr. Syme has this morning sent me word that, since he wrote the 

 note on E. Lamyi (Phytol. iv. 933), he has seen a specimen from Prof. 

 Grenier, labelled * E. Lamyi,' with the remark ' Cult, ex sem. auct.'; 

 thus appearing to be indubitably the plant of Schultz. Mr. Syme 

 says this is clearly identical with the plant which I labelled E. virga- 

 tum. In the absence of figures and authentic specimens, I will hazard 

 no conjectures as to the synonymy, but content myself with observing 

 that the discrepancy between my plant and the description, in the 

 * Flore de France,' of E. Lamyi, as regards the existence of stolons, 

 remains to be accounted for. — W. H. Purchas ; Boss, May 24, 1853. 



[This note was accidentally omitted from the Phytologist-Club 

 Proceedings.] 



