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Lalhyrus latifolius near Glastonbury. 



" 1 was lately shown the broad-leaved everlasting pea {Laihyrus 

 latifolius) growing in a wood on Ivythorn Hill, near Glastonbury. 

 My friend who showed it me had known it there for twenty years, or 

 more ; and it had the appearance of being perfectly wild ; but it was 

 confined to one spot ; nor, after a search of two or three hours, could 

 we find it anywhere else in the neighbourhood. We found, however, 

 two other rare plants, growing not far from it, Lithospermum purpu- 

 reo-caeruleum and Astragalus glycyphyllos. I enclose a pair of the 

 leaflets of the Lathyrus, by which it will be seen that 1 have not mis- 

 taken a broad-leaved variety of L. sylvestris for it." — Thomas Clark ; 

 October, 1853. 



Trichomanes speciosum in Ireland. 



Mr. Newman made the following observations : — " The old saw of 

 ' Eyes and no Eyes ' is often brought to my mind by the records of bo- 

 tanical tourists; and no species so frequently calls it to remembrance 

 as Trichomanes speciosum. One writes that ' the fern is extirpated 

 from the Killarney district ; ' a second, that it has ' long ceased to 

 exist at the old station at Turk Waterfall ; ' a third, that it ' exists in 

 fifty stations all round Killarney ; ' and a fourth, that it is ' abundant 

 and luxuriant, at the present moment, at Turk, and may be seen from 

 one of the points to which tourists are taken to view the fall.' The 

 last account is verified by the transmission of specimens, and ema- 

 nates from one whose word is not open to question." 



Malvern Naturalists' Club, 



Meeting at Knightsford. 



On Tuesday last, the I4lh inst., the Malvern naturalists held their 

 September field meeting, at Knightsford Bridge, where they were 

 joined by a party from this city, and a deputation from the Worcester 

 Club. The vicinity of Knightsford is not exceeded in picturesque 

 beauty by any part of the county of Worcester; and many have been 

 the pleasant parlies here, as mine host of the cozy inn at the Bridge 

 could bear witness. Here, too, in twilight limes long gone by, seve- 

 ral geological formations look a fancy to join company ; and the 

 "faults" they then committed are still commented upon by those 



