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There have also been some general meetings devoted to the 

 exhibition of special objects, and one to the discussion of the 

 question, " Is Fertilisation necessary to the indefinite Per- 

 petuation of a Species'?" introduced by Mr. J. Morley. 



The following were the chief specimens exhibited at the 

 General and Sectional Meetings thoughout the year. Those 

 marked with an asterisk {'-'■'■) are new to the district. 



Mr. A. H. Atkins, blood-red Sandstone, from Kinver Edge ; 

 and specimens of Lingulella, from tlie Hollybush Sandstone, 

 Malvern Hills. 



Dr.- John Anthony, the dried skin of an Earth-worm, 

 showing the ambulacral spines ; and an extensive collection of 

 pocket magnifiers, including Browning's platyscopic lens, and 

 Steinheil's doublet. 



Mr. J. E. Bagnall, (Plianerogams) : — Srirpii>i Sarii, from 

 the Isle of Wight ; S. parciiliis, from Hants ; Vicia liitlu/nica, 

 from Southend, Essex ; Anthcinis tinrtorUi, from Kent; hoetes 

 cchinos/Kini, from Killarney ; S(i.vi/niii(i (tcuiii, from ct). Kerry ; 

 Sisi/rinchuiiii Bi'rnmdianwn, from Galway ; Spir(nitlies<iei)imip((ra, 

 from Cork ; A(/uih'<iiti nth/aris, from woods near Middleton ; 

 Erica Watsoni ^\\(\. Piwiuicula (inindlfiora, from Cornwall; Ammi 

 majiis, J\cJiinnf>iierii))())i Lappula, A)iifiranthiis rrtroflccus, and 

 Malvd hiircdlis, from near Kenilworth ; *(Jv)i((ntlir Lacheiialii, 

 fi'om near Stratford ; liHhus om'r.sisti/lus, (rare) from Hay woods ; 

 Potamniicton (hmns (rare), from Napton-on-the-Hill ; Corex 

 encetnritin, from roots obtained from the only British station ; 

 EriophonDii firarih' and rtricidoria iufcnitcilid. from the New 

 Forest; Artciiiisid non-eiiira, (from the only European station) 

 and Myricaria i/cnnanirn, botli from Norway, collected by Mr. 

 J. B. Stone ; a large number of maritime plants, collected at 

 Hunstanton by Mr. R. W. Chase ; Ksc((ltimia rubra, a native of 

 South America, peciiliar for its glandular leaves, stems, and 

 flowers ; and stigmas and pollen of the two forms of common 

 primrose, showing a difterence in character between the long 

 and the sliort styles and in the size of the pollen. (Cryptogams, 



