On the Fauna of Shropshire and North Wales. 537 



In icone Rchb. A. acuminati, Tab. Ixviii. (flos unicus) cassis multo 

 angustior est quam in nostris : sed cassidis forma et pnesertim rostri 

 prse aetate variabilis est. 



428. A. rostratum, Bernh. 



H. In locis humidis umbrosis prope Kandersteg. 1 Sept. 1836. 



Obs. Cassis minus curvata quam in icone, Rchb. Tab. xi. sed 

 eandem formam et plantam iconi Rchb. omnino similem copiose in 

 M. Stockhorn legi. Nectaria erectiuscula vel modice inclinata. 



429. A. cernuum, Wulf. Rchb. 1. c. Tab. xxxiii. et exsic. ! 



a. jlexicaule, panicula laxa ramosa, ramis pedunculisque nexuosis. 

 H. In locis humidis umbrosis prope Kandersteg copiose, et in 



ascensu M. Gemini supra Kandersteg. 29 Aug. 1830. 

 Obs. Occurrit carpellis ternis et quinis, glabris et etiam maturis 

 pubescentibus ad formam carpellis pubescentibus pertinet A. hebe- 

 gynum, auct. et etiam ad formam carp. pub. A. paniculati. Nec- 

 taria arcuato-cernuo. 



/3. pyramidatum. 



r H. In ascensu M. Gemmi supra Kandersteg. 1836. 



Obs. Panicula ramosa magis coarctata ramis rigide erecto-patulis. 

 A* paniculatum, Lam. Rchb. 111. Ac. Tab. xxxii. videtur species 

 distincta ; hujus formam hebygenam in M. Gemmi a cl. Seringe 

 lectum possideo. 



430. A. Lycoctonum, L. Var. Cynoctonum. A. Vulparia #. Cynoc- 

 tonum, Rchb. 111. Ac. Tab. lvii. opt. 



H. In sylvis in ascensu M. Gemmi supra Kandersteg. 29 Aug, 



1836. 

 Obs. In petrosis calcareis umbrosis Jurassi, A. Vulparia y. Tra- 

 goctpnum, Rchb. 1. c. Tab. lviii. copiose viget. 



III. — An Attempt to ascertain the Fauna of Shropshire and North 

 Wales. By Thomas C. Eyton, F. Z. S. 



The following attempt towards perfecting a Catalogue of the ani- 

 mals indigenous to Shropshire and North Wales was originally read 

 before the Natural History and Antiquarian Society called after 

 that district, the museum and meetings of which are at Shrewsbury. 

 A few additions have,, however, since been made. One of the prin- 

 cipal objects for which this society was formed was to complete a 

 list of the Fauna of the above-named district. Any steps towards its 

 accomplishment, therefore, is so much gained. It is with this view 



