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Rosa eanina, L. One small bush at the top of the island. 



Epilobium sp. Young plants, probably E. ohsmrum, growing on the wall 



of the garden. 

 Tillsea museosa, L. Plentiful on the south and east cliffs. 



On the 27tli of May, availing myself of the kind 

 invitation of onr President, I had the long-wished-for 

 opportunity of visiting two of tlie rocky islets lying to the 

 northward of Herm, which form part of the group known 

 collectively as " The Humps." The flora of these two tiny 

 islets, Longue Pierre and Galen, is, of course, meagre, but of 

 very great interest, and I made a carefnl list of all the 

 Flowering Plants growing on each. But before saying 

 anything on the subject I should like, if possible, to study the 

 vegetation of the other islets belonging to the group, and this 

 I hope to do next year. 



Those who are interested in the subject of popular plant 

 names — a subject which presents many attractions to persons 

 who do not restrict their studies to the dry bones of botanical 

 science — will find it treated at some length from a local 

 standpoint, in a paper on the dialect names of Guernsey 

 plants, recently read before this Society, and about to be 

 printed in the current number of these Transactions. 



E. D. Marquaxd, Sec. Bot. Sect. 



REPORT OF SECTION FOR MARINE ZOOLOGY. 



There is no doubt that the most important event during 

 1905 as far as the work of this section is concerned, is the 

 production of Mr. Sinel's paper on the " Fishes of the 

 Channel Islands." Mr. Sinel has certainly a greater 

 knowledge of our marine fauna than anyone else in the 

 Islands, and we are glad to know that he is publishing a book 

 on the animals of our sea shores ; this will be the first 

 reliable guide to local marine zoology which is accessible to 

 the general student. Mr. E. D. Marquand reports the 

 capture of two rare crustaceans, a species of shrimp {Alplieus 

 ruher)^ and a deep Avater crab (Droniia milgaris). With 

 regard to the former he says that two specimens (one adult) 

 were brought from Herm alive on September 14th and given 

 him the following day. They were in a small quantity of 

 sea water (about a teacupful) without a scrap of weed, and 

 in this they lived till he gave them a fresh supply on 

 September 26th. On being placed in the fresh sea-water, 

 they " cracked " vigorously, as is the habit of this curious 



