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rare species on banks, unfortunately associated with the 

 common Nardia scalaris Schrad., with which it is closely 

 related ; later on, on rocks the common Lophozia ventricosa 

 Dicks, was met with, and on wet banks Aplozia spharocarpa 

 Hook. ; on rocks and at the base of old trees Lepidozia reptans 

 L. was the most prevalent species : then following a small 

 water course, on the stones by its side Scapania timhrosa 

 Schrad., a rare species was met with with sparingly. On a 

 rock further up the Valley I got a little of the rare Scapania 

 curia Mart. 



The greatest of all rarities for which Hebden Bridge is 

 famous is Lophozia atlantica Kaalaas, this was growing in 

 considerable abundance on an old wall, also associated with 

 Lophozia Floerkii Web. and M., with which it had hitherto 

 been confused, but there was no difficulty in recognising the 

 difference between the two species in the field. 



I had received many years ago small specimens from Hebden 

 Bridge, collected by James Needham, of Jttbiila HutchinsicB 

 Hook., and imagined I should have to search diligently for it. 

 I was extremely surprised to be taken to a stream where it 

 was growing in abundance, along with a beautiful form of 

 Chiloscyphiis polyanthus L., this was also growing abundantly. 



Jubula Hittchinsice Hook, was originally collected in the 

 South of Ireland more than a hundred years ago by a young 

 lady botanist, Miss Hutchins, and named in her honour by 

 Dr. Hooker ; the beautiful limestone crucifer Hutchinsia 

 Petrea also commemorates her. 



Recently the American hepaticologist. Prof. Evans, has 

 monographed the genus Herherta Gray and reports that all 

 the European forms of that genus resolve themselves into 

 three species, Sauteriana, adunca and another which he had 

 published as Herherta Hutchinsia. 



Mr. Broome and I searched carefully for Scapania subalpina 

 Nees, but did not meet with it, although in the Report on the 

 visit of the Yorkshire Naturalists to Hebden Bridge in June, 

 1904, it is referred to as the dominant liverwort of the Hebden 

 Valley ; all our specimens are Scapania purpurascens Hook. 



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In the Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. XXIX, pt. i, 

 recently issued, Professor H. H. Swinnerton has an illustrated article on 

 ' The Keuper Basement Beds, near Nottingham.' 



We much regret to learn of the death of Dr. Marten Perry, of Spalding, 

 which took place on Feb, 19th. Dr. Perry had reached the ripe old age 

 of 92 years, and was quite active and walking about Spalding to within a 

 few days of his death. He was a keen antiquary, and was greatly in- 

 terested in the Spalding Gentlemen's Society, one of the oldest Antiquarian 

 Societies in the county, if not the oldest. For many years he was its 

 President, and had much to do with the erection of its lecture room and 

 Museum, which was opened a few years ago. Among his writings is a 

 History of this Society. 



Naturalist, 



