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Puliearia vulgaris. Two fine specimens marked: La Lancle, Vale, 1843. 

 A new locality for this (now extinct) species. 



Atropa belladonna. Bordeaux, Vale, 1843. Only two previous records 

 exist of the occurrence of the Deadly Nightshade in Guernsey ; one over 

 a century ago, found by Joshua Gosselin ; the other about the year 

 1860. All were found in the Vale parish. 



Ophrys apifera. Two uncommonly large specimens are labelled : Bee du 

 Tsez, 1845. Only recorded from the Vale, and at the present time nearly 

 extinct. This evidence of the former occurrence of the Bee Orchis 

 on St. Martin's cliffs is of the greatest interest, and it is confirmed 

 by the testimony of Mrs. Aikman, who tells me that she remembers 

 finding three specimens of the Bee Orchis on the cliffs near Petit Port 

 some forty years ago. The plant may perhaps grow in these localities 

 still, for there seems no reason why it should have disappeared. 



Spiranthes aestivalis. Grande Mare, July, 1855. S. H. Haslam. The 

 earliest record for this plant in Guernsey. The name of Mr. Haslam, 

 who died in 1856, is occasionally mentioned in the Flora Sarnica. 



The only new Cryptogams which I have to record 

 this year for Guernsey are a few Fresh-water Algre, of 

 which five species are Desmids. Considering the remarkable 

 scarcity of these beautiful microscopical plants in this island, 

 this is quite an important addition, more especially as three 

 out of the five represent new genera. 



Vaucheria SUbmarina, Berk. Brackish pool at Pulias, Vale. 

 Oseillaria antliaria, Jurg. Common, especially in autumn, at the base 



of walls, forming coal-black patches. 

 MiCPOeoleus gracilis, Sass. Albecq, hi rock crevices, above high-water 



mark. 

 M. terrestris, Besm. On moist ground. Lane at Cobo. Saints Bay. 

 Lyngbya sestuarii, Lieb. Brackish pool at Pulias. 

 Symploea Ralfsiana, Kiltz, Overspreading mosses on the edge of a 



small pool at the eastern end of L'Ancresse Common. 



HyalOtheca dissiliens, Sm. Plentiful in a marsh on the coast between 



Fort Doyle and Fort Le Marchant. 

 Euastrum Oblongum, Grev. With the last species, one specimen. 

 E. ansatum, Ehr. With the two preceding species, scarce. 

 Cosmarium undulatum, Corda. Roadside streamlet, Enfer Lane, 



Grande Mare ; scarce. 

 Spirotsenia Obseura, Ralfs. Marsh between Fort Doyle and Fort Le 



Marchant ; a few specimens. 



E. D. Marquand, Sec. Bot. Sect. 



REPORT OF THE FOLKLORE SECTION. 



The publication last year of the late Sir Edgar 

 MacCullocn's voluminous collections of " Guernsey Folklore" 

 with the valuable editorial additions of Miss Edith Carey, 

 formed a memorable epoch in the history of all kindred 



