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Polygonum Persicaria. Euphorbia helioscopia. Poa annua. 



Eumex obtusifolius. TJrtica urens. 



Eumex pratensis ? Gljceria fluitans 



Eujjhorbia Peplus. 



In flower in December : — 



Ranunculus repens. 

 Capsella Bursa-pastoris. 

 Sinapis arvensis. 

 Eaphaniis Raphanistrum. 

 Stellaria lueclia. 

 Stellaria graminea. 

 Greranium robertianum. 

 Ilex Aquifolium. 

 Ulex europseus. 

 Kvibus discolor. 

 Kubus corylifoHus ? 



Tormentilla rep tans. 

 Fragaria vesca. 

 Spiraea Ulmaria. 

 PimpineUa Saxifraga. 

 ^tliusa Cynapiiun. 

 Sison Amomum. 

 Heracleu^m Sphondylium. 

 Cornus sanguinea. 

 Bellis perennis. 

 Maruta Cotula. 

 Achillea Millefolium. 



Lolium multiflorum. 

 Alopecurus agrestis. 



Senecio vulgaris. 

 Taraxacum Dens-leonis. 

 Oporinia autumnalis. 

 Helmiuthia echioides. 

 Sonchus asper. 

 Sonchus oleraceus. 

 Lamium album. 

 Lamium purpm-eum. 

 BaUota foetida. 

 Euphorbia Peplus. 



The following may be added to the list of December flowering 

 plants : — 



Eammculus acris. 

 Alliaria officiuahs. 

 Stellaria Holostea. 

 Cerastium triviale. 

 Lonicera Periclymenum. 



HypochcEris radicata. 

 Senecio Jacobsea. 

 Solanum nigrum. 

 Yeronica agrestis. 

 Veronica Buxbaumii. 



Euphorbia exigua. 

 Urtica urens. 

 Poa annua. 

 Glyceria fluitans. 

 Dactyhs glomerata. 



All of these which are not in the list for November (except 

 perhaps Euphorbia exiyua) are freshly come out. 



BOTANICAL LECTURE. 



A Lecture on Botany (Flowering Plants) was delivered by the 

 Rev. W. M. Hind, on Friday evening, December 18th, to the 

 Windsor-street Young Men's Society, in the School-house^ 

 Windsor-street, Harrow-road. The lecturer pointed out the 

 diflerence in the growth of plants from seeds having only one 

 lobe, as compared with such as spring from two-lobed seeds, as 

 the basis of the division of all flowering plants into two great 

 classes. After giving a general description of the various organs 

 of flowering plants, and of the principles of classification, he 

 directed the attention of his hearers to the wonderful structure, 

 the general agencies, and the various uses of plants as witnesses 

 to the Avisdom, power, and goodness of their great Creator. The 



