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early spring, at first by the members of tlie section individually 

 and afterwards, when the Society's excursions were resumed, 

 in their collective capacity. The section was represented at 

 each of the seventeen excursions organised by the Society. 



The number of specimens collected and dried this year 

 amounts to 147, bringing up the total to 509, and leaving 189 

 to be obtained in order to make the collection complete. It 

 is hoped that the greater part, if not the whole, of these may be 

 collected during the coming season. The 509 plants referred 

 to above are mounted and will be available for reference next 

 year. 



The list of additions to the flora is necessarily much 

 shorter than that of last year ; the island has been so tho- 

 roughly botanised that we cannot expect much progress in 

 this direction. In all nine new species have been added to 

 the list and some of these are by no means without interest. 

 In the early part of the year Mr. Marquand reported Tamus 

 communis (the Black Briony) from Fort Bay, a very interest- 

 ing creeper, probably indigenous, possibly introduced by birds, 

 in either case a legitimate and important addition to our flora. 

 In June, Mr. Derrick and myself were fortunate enough to 

 find in the same locality the variety flavescens of Orobanche 

 minor ; this variety is a recent addition to the British flora, 

 it is recorded for the Channel Islands only. Our specimen 

 was kindly named for us by Mr. Bennett, as it was not described 

 in any of the Floras available here. 



Some particulars concerning the other new plants will be 

 found in the list itself. 



During the year two papers have been read before the 

 Society by members of this section : — " What is a Flower," by 

 myself; and "Diatoms," by Mr. E. D. Marquand, the latter 

 being accompanied by a list of observed species. 



Since my last report lists have been published in the 

 Society's Transactions of the Mosses, Hepaticae and Lichens 

 of the Island ; these complete the enumeration of the entire 

 indigenous plants of Guernsey, except the Fungi and Algae. 

 The list of Diatoms referred to above forms the first instal- 

 ment of the Algae, and Mr. Marquand hopes to complete the 

 whole of this section next year, so that, leaving out the Fungi, 

 a class which presents special difficulties, and which requires 

 observations extending over a considerable number of years 

 for the compilation of a reliable list, every plant phanerogamic 

 and cryptogamic known to be indigenous to this island, and 

 of which specimens in a living state have been seen by 

 members of our Society will be recorded in our Transactions. 



