REPORTS. 281 



gToimd. This year he has added J.epidium Draha to the list. 



With that exception all the following plants were collected 



and identified by Mr. Druce. 



(PapaveP dubium), var. Lamottei, Bor. 



(Fumapia Boraei), var. serotina, Clav. 



Lepidium Draba, X., Near Beauregard, in fair quantity (Derrick). 



Viola obtusifolia, Jord. 



(SpePgula aPVensis), var. maxima, IVeihe. La Vallette. 

 EuphPasia eUPta, var. glabrescens, Weltst. 



E. nemoposa, H. Mart. 



(PlantagO laneeolata, var. sphserostachya, Roehl. 

 (Chenopodium album), var. microphyllum, Coss. S; Germ. 

 (ApphenathePUm elatius), var. tuberosum, GUih. In several iDlaces. 

 (Festuea OVina), var. tenuifolia, Sibth. 

 BPOmuS eommutatUS, Schrad. Near La Vallette. 



E. D. MarqUxVxd, Sec. Bot. Sect. 



Report of the 4iJeological Section. 



SUPERFICIAL DEPOSITS. 



Coho. 



In excavating' the site for a house lately erected on the 

 furzebrake above the new coast road from Cobo to Albecq, 

 pockets of pebbles have been exposed. They occur from 

 immediately under the soil, Avhich is very thin, down to two or 

 three feet below. They do not form a connected beach, but 

 were washed by the action of the waves into the hollows of 

 the granite rock, which is noAv to a great extent disintegrated. 

 Their height above mean sea level is about 50 feet. The 

 well-known old beach in the new road cutting is not far 

 distant. This latter is at an elevation of 25 or 30 feet above 

 sea level. 



A layer of peat under 6 feet or more of sand, was cut 

 through in digging for the foundations of the new sea wall at 

 Cobo. This peat is about 2 feet thick, contains numerous 

 branches of trees, and is underlaid by sandy yellow earth. 



G ) XL ndes Rocqiies . 



In the plain bordering the shore between Grandes 

 Rocques and Hougue du Pommier, borings have recently 

 been made in order to test the nature of the subsoil for 

 agricultm-al purposes. This subsoil was faund to consist 

 chiefly of sand, with numerous pebbles. The pebbles have 

 evidently been derived from the ancient beach, as they 

 are coated with iron oxide. The beach itself has not been 



