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RELICS OF A PRE HISTORIC FLORA IN LINCOLNSHIRE. 



T. SHEPPARD, F.G.S., F.S.A. (Scot.). 



In ' The Naturalist ' for January 1889, pages 3-4, the late 

 C. P. Hobkirk recorded a species of moss, Plagotheciuni iin- 

 dulatum, which he had detected in material sent to him, which 

 had been obtained from the pre-historic boat found at Brigg 

 in 1886. This craft, which was made from a single oak tree, and 

 is 47 ft. 6 in. long, and averages 4 ft. 6 in. wide, is now in our 

 Museum at Hull. It was found that the stern-board and other 

 parts had been made watertight by a caulking of moss. This 

 material has been submitted to Mr. M. B. Slater, F.L.S., of 

 Malton, who has kindly examined it, and has supplied the 

 following list of species therefrom : — 



MOSSES. 



Thuidiimi tamaviscifolium (Neck. 



Lindb. 

 Hypiuim confertum (Dicks) B.cS: S. 



,, riitabiiluni L. 



,, striatum Schreb. 



,, riisciforme Neck. 

 Plagiothecitim unditlatiim (L.)B.&S. 



HEPATICS 



? Hylocomium proliferum (L.)Lindb. 



Fissidens byyoides Hcdw. (fruit) 

 Milium pnnctatiim L. 



,, hornum L. 

 Schwartzia montdua Lindb 

 Dryum sp. ? 



Metzgeria furcata (L. ) Raddi. 

 Kantia Trichomanis (L. ) G. & B. 

 (fruit 

 Lophocolea cuspidata Limpr. 

 Pellia epiphylla L. 

 Diplophyllum albicans (L. ) Dum. 



Plagiochila aspleniodes (L.) Dum. 



Amur a sp. ? 



Scapania sp. ? 



Cephalozia bicuspidata (L. ) Dum. 



Lunularia cruciata (L. ) Dum. 



Lepidozia reptans (L. ) Dum. 



The specimens have been mounted on glass and exhibited in 



the museum, and are interesting as being representatives of 



the very few relics of the pre-historic flora of Lincolnshire which 



we possess. 



A meeting of the Marine Biological and the Conchological Sections of 

 the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union will take place at Redcar from Friday, 

 September 2nd, fo Tuesday, September 6th. It is an excellent centre for 

 marine conchology. It will be the first of a series of annual meetings to 

 be held at different parts of the Yorkshire coast, and it is hoped that 

 there will be a good attendance. Fuller particulars will be sent to mem- 

 bers in due course. 



We are glad to see that Mr. Edward Owen Greening, the editor of the 

 ' Agricultural Economist and Horticultural Review,' is agitating against 

 the excessive charges made by the Post Office for the postage of monthly 

 magazines. It certainly does seem absurd that a small paper like that 

 referred to, because it is issued monthly, sliould cost twopence, or that a 

 magazine like ' The Naturalist,' with thirty-two pages and a single plate, 

 octavo, should cost a penny, whilst publications like The Graphic, The 

 Illustrated London News, etc., which are issued weekly, though much greater 

 in size and weight, can be sent for a half-penny. 



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