146 FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



The following is extracted from the " Botanical Journal " :- 

 Ranunculus ophioglossifolius (Vill). " Specimens have 

 just been received at the N.H. Museum, S. Kensington, of 

 this very interesting and almost extinct British species 

 collected by Mr. Ronald Good in June, 1914, in a very wet 

 and marshy meadow near Dorchester. It is well known to 

 Botanists. It was once a native of Saint Peter's, Jersey, 

 and Mr. Arthur Bennett has a specimen dated 1872, but 

 Mr. J. C. Melville failed to find it in 1876. It was found by 

 Mr. J. Groves, in 1882, in a wet ditch west of Hythe, Hants, 

 and it is recorded for E. Gloucestershire in 1890 by Mr. F. J. 

 Hanbury (Journ. of Botany [1890], 282), and there are also 

 specimens in the Museum Herbarium from near Badgworth, 

 collected by Mr. Montgomery in 1912. The distinguishing 

 features are the very small, pale yellow flowers, the longer 

 petioled cordit'orm lower leaves, the small achenes with a 

 very short style tubercled on the sides." 



GENERAL REMARKS. 

 J.R. Notes : 



20 and 21 March Snow rather heavy. 



19 Jan. and 22 May Thunderstorm. 



June 8 A single exceedingly heavy peal 



in the afternoon. 



,,9 A little thunder. 



>, 14 Heavy thunder. 



,, 18 & July 2 Some thunder. 

 Aug. 14 A heavy storm about four hours. 



Dec. 19 A little thunder. 



BAROMETRIC READINGS. 



Average. Highest. Lowest. 



January 30'0 ... 321 ... 29'47 



February ... 29*4 ... 29'81 ... 28-25 



March 29-317 ... .29'84 ... 28'35 



A P ri l ... 29-753 32-0 29-175 



