THE COMMITTEE'S ADDRESS. 271 
“ Winch’s Flora of Northumberland and Durham.” Mr. Bungey, 
of Durham, met with @nanthe Lachenalit, in a pond near Wark- 
worth, This species was confounded by the late Mr. Winch 
with Gnanthe peucedanifolia. MG. Lachenalit likewise occurs 
in marshes on the Wear, between Hilton and Southwick, in the 
county of Durham, and is the only habitat, for the plant, men- 
tioned in Winch’s work. In other departments of Natural 
History, but little appears to have been done ; the only instance 
worth mentioning, perhaps, is the occurrence of a rare nudi- 
branch Folis despecta, on the tangle, at Coquet Island, where it 
was procured by Mr. Alder. 
The Fifth Meeting of the year was held on the 15th of Sep- 
tember, in the neighbourhood of Embleton, Dunstanborough 
Castle, &c. The party proceeded from Newcastle by an early 
train, to the Christon Bank Station, and thence, walked to the 
village of Embleton, where they breakfasted with Mr. Robert 
Embleton, by whose kindness also they were conducted to the 
localities most worthy of being inspected. This gentleman also 
exhibited to the party, living specimens of Alcyonella stagnorum, 
which were procured from a pond at Howick ; and, afterwards, 
a few of the members visited the locality, and had the satisfac- 
tion of seeing this interesting Zoophyte, in its naturalsite. The 
stern old ruin of Dunstanborough, and the extraordinary 
geological features of its immediate neighbourhood, occupied 
some of the party, whilst others examined the marine Jnverte- 
brata of the locality, and the various other natural productions 
which the neighbourhood affords. Hxamples of a few of the rarer 
species of plants were collected. Among these were Ranuncu- 
lus Lingua, in the fosse of Dunstanborough Castle. Geranium 
sanguineum, on the sea shore :—Potamogeton pusillus var. tenwis- 
simus. Koch, and P. plantagineus. The last named species, 
and the variety of P. pusillws were found by Mr. D. Oliver jun., 
and are new to our local Flora. In reviewing the preceding 
details, it is gratifying to see that the results of the year’s in- 
vestigations have been so considerable, more especially when it is 
remembered that most of the places of meeting had already been 
examined. We may, therefore, look forward with hope to the 
