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the corolla respectively, making six additional stamens in the 
flower (Fig. II., 1,2,and3 as). They always occupied the same- 
position, and were easily distinguished from the normal 
stamens. The filaments were wholly joined to the corolla so- 
that they had the appearance of white ridges (Fig. II. 5 and 6/). 
The anthers, which were similar in colour to the normal ones, 
appeared to be partially adnate to the corolla, one half being 
free (Fig. II., 21). Dehiscence takes place in the ordinary 
manner by means of a slit which extends the entire length of 
the anther. The pollen grains produced by these stamens. 
resembled the normal grains in size and structure. 
Before the flowers are mature the tips of the corolla lobes 
to which the additional stamens are attached are bent inwards, 
almost completely covering the anthers (Fig. IJ., 5). Later 
the tips curl backwards until finally the anthers are fully 
exposed. Fig. IJ., 5-9, show the successive stages. 
It is a noteworthy fact that the additional stamens were 
constant in number and position, and that no traces of such 
stamens were found in the posterior region of the flower. It 
would appear that the tendency to the suppression of stamens. 
in this region is very deep-seated. 
OR 
As Supplement No. 10 to The Journal of the Board of Agriculture isa 
“Further Report on the Isle of Wight Bee Disease.’ 
In British Birds for August, Mr. Ford-Lindsay records three gull- 
billed terns, which were duly shot, and ‘none have been seen since in 
the locality.’ 
Notes on the alleged occurrence of the Wild Cat in Ireland, from the - 
pens of Messrs. Harvie-Brown and R. F. Scharff, appear in The Ivish 
Naturalist for July. 
Enquiry is being made in the Geological Magazine for the present 
whereabouts of a collection of fossil plants made by Edward Mammatt, 
author of Geological Facts. 
A lengthy account of ‘ The Geology of the Nottingham District,’ by 
Mr. Bernard Smith, appears in the Proceedings of the Geological Assocta- 
tion, Vol. XXIV., Part 4. 
In the Lancashire Naturalist for July, Mr. R. Standen records Ayma- 
dillidium pictum Brandt. in Westmorland. This woodlouse does not 
appear to have been previously recorded in the British Isles. 
Mr. Hugh Richardson contributes a very interesting note on ‘ Aqutlegia 
vulgavis dominent’ to The New Phytologist for July, and in the same 
journal Mr. W. T. Saxton gives a classification of the Conifers. 
The July number of The Geological Magazine commences the fiftieth 
year of the existence of that useful journal, and during the whole of that 
time it has been under the editorship of Dr. Henry Woodward. We 
should like to congratulate the editor upon so unique and worthy a record. 
From The New Phytologist for July we learn that ‘Since Cnothera 
Lamarckiana Seringe becomes a synonym of O. grandiflora Solander, I 
have proposed that the plant of De Vries retain the name under which 
it is known ... but the name must be written Cinothera Lamarckiana 
De Vries:; 
Naturalist, 
