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For the botanical section, Mr. W. Ing-ham, B.A., writes that 

 the most interesting- flowering- phmts noticed, chiefly in Fen 

 Bog-s, were : — SclioUera Occycoccns, Riuiuiiciilus hederaceiis, 

 Meiiyantlius trifoliatd, Valeriana dioica, Comarnin palusfre, 

 Orchis la t if alia, Habenaria bi folia, Droscra rotund i lolia , Pingui- 

 cnla vulgaris, and Myriophylluin verticillafum floating- in larg-e 

 masses in the stream by the railway line, and accompanied by 

 Scirpus fluitans. On the dry moorland was 6". cccspitosus, 

 and here also, but especially in Fen Bog-s, was an interest- 

 ing- variety of Sedg-es, as follows : — Care.x pilulifera, C. syl- 

 vatica, C. pulicaris, C. ovalis, C. anipullacea, C. paiiiculata, 

 C. full' a, C stellutata, C. flacca, C. vulgaris, and C. pallescens. 

 The Fen Bog's were also especially rich in the Sphagna or bog- 

 mosses, the chief being- (named according- to the new system 

 by Warnstorf) Sphagnum niolliiscuni, in fruit ; 6". rubellum 

 vars. rubrum, versicolor, and violaceuin ; S. acutifoliutn vars. 

 flavo- rubellum and versicolor', S. subfiilens, in abundant fruit, 

 with vars. Jlavo-rubellum, pallescens, and versicolor ; S. teres 

 var. imbricatum ; S. recurvum var. aniblyphyllujn, in extensive 

 masses in the shallow pools ; S. conipactum var. imbricatum, 

 common o\\ dry moorland by the side of the bog- ; S. inundatum, 

 in larg-e masses in the shallow pools ; .S'. Gravetii, by side of 

 rill ; S. rufescens, abundant in the pools ; 6". cymbifolium vav. fusco- 

 rubescens ; S. papillosum var. normale f. conferta, in fruit ; and 

 S. niediiun of two vars., purpurascens and glauco-purpurascens. 

 Vast quantities of Hypnum commutatum g-row ovt the steep sides 

 of the bog-, as also masses of the hepatics Scapania undulata and 

 Scapa n ia pu rpic rascens . 



Mr. Slater found at Mallyan Spout the mosses Georgia 

 Browniana and Heterocladium heteropterum, and the hepatics 

 Harpanthus scutcitus and a rather large form o^ Chiloscyphus 

 polyanthos. This district is extremel}' rich in all the departments 

 of bryolog-y, due to the w^onderfully-varied surface and lig^ht, 

 shade, and moisture. 



Mr. M. L. Thompson, F.E.S., reports that Mr. H. Ostheide 

 and himself found this upland district a g-ood one for coleoptera, 

 and, with the assistance of Mr. J. T. Sewell, a larg-e number of 

 species was noted. Working over Goathland Moor, many of 

 the common moorland beetles were met with, includingf the 

 brilliant Carabus nitens, so characteristic of our heaths. On 

 arriving- at Fen Bogs additional species occurred on the heather, 

 birches, and sallows g-rowing- in that locality. The full list is as 

 follows : — 



Naturalist, 



