1858.] THIRSK NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 351 



J. G. Baker reported proceedings in the matter of the Botanical 

 Exchange Club, and mentioned various communications which 

 its. managers had received. The following botanists were duly- 

 enrolled as members, viz. : — 



Atwood, Miss, 8, Victoria Place, Bath. 



Brewer, J. A., F.L.S., Holmesdale House, Reigate. 



Brewer, W., Eeigate. 



Flower, T. B., T.L.S., Beaufort Buildings, Bath. 



Henfrey, A., F.L.S., Heathfield Terrace, Turnham Green, London. 



Linnell, John, Jan., Eedstone, Eeigate. 



Lyle, Thos., M.D., 314, High Street, Glasgow. 



Salmon, J. D., F.L.S., 174, Strand, London. 



Soper, William, Eeigate. 



Syme, J. T., F.L.S., Gordon Street, Gordon Square. 



He also laid before the meeting the following notices : — 



NupJiar pumila, Sm. — Mr. T. A. Cox sends specimens from 

 the station in the neighbourhood of EUesmere, Salop, recorded 

 in ' Phytologist,' n. s. vol. i. p. 127, which quite agree with the 

 plant of the Scotch Highlands. In Britain it has been pre- 

 viously known to occur only in the four counties of Perth, 

 Moray, Argyle, and Aberdeen, so that this is a considerable ex- 

 tension of its range in a southern direction, and an addition to 

 the Flora of England. Upon the Continent its head-quarters are 

 amongst the alpine and sub-alpine lakes of Lapland and Nor- 

 way. It grows also, but more sparingly, in similar localities in 

 Sweden, Schleswig, and Mecklenburg, and south of the parallel 

 of 53°; has been found amongst the hills of the Black Forest 

 (Baden), Silesia, Lower Saxony, Vosges (France), the canton 

 Zurich (Switzerland), and the vicinity of Salzburg (Austria). 



Aremonia agrimonioides, Neck. — This species, which is re- 

 corded in the November number of the ' Phytologist,^ from two 

 Fifeshire stations, is an inhabitant of the south of Europe. It 

 occurs in several places in Italy, and ascends sparingly into the 

 southern provinces of Germany, but is altogether absent from 

 the Floras of Switzerland and France : so that, unless the plant 

 has been mistaken, in the Scotch localities it is doubtless a 

 casual naturalization only. 



Catalogue Raisonne des Plantes Vasculaires du Departement de 

 VAube. (Tome premier : Paris, Bouchard, Huzard and Bailliere, 

 1856.) — The Aube is one of the central departments of France, 



