1913.] REPORTS. 19 



Report of the Botanical Section, 1913. 



I have to report some new stations for rare plants : — 



Crambe maritima, L. One dozen plants amongst shingle along the 



pier leading to Rousse Martello Tower. 

 Tamus Communis, L. Found by Miss K. Tardif in several bushy spots 



between Fermain Bay and Bee du Nez. 

 Cieendia filiformis, Reich. During an excursion of the Society I noticed 



that plant very abundant near Houmet, the station not being recorded 



in the Flora. 

 Hyoseyamus niger, L. Very common as a weed in the gardens at La 



Chaumiere, Castel. In July I found three plants in the field which is to 



be included in the Castel Cemetery. 

 LeptUPUS filiformis, Trin. Abundant amongst Juncus acutus at Albecq. 



I think it is also my duty to mention in these notes that 

 on the 9th of August I found along the road leading to 

 Rousse Martello Tower a large and flourishing clump of 

 Tetragona expansq, (?). Of course, it is only an escape from 

 cultivation ; the plant being grown for some years as a vege- 

 table under the name of New Zealand Spinach. It is a 

 member of the family of the Mesembrianthemum, which has 

 no representative here. 



I am also very glad to be able to state that the beautiful 

 Ophrys apifera, Huds., is yet to be found in its old station near 

 Portinfer. 



It is right to note also two rather abnormal facts. At 

 Icart Point I gathered two specimens of Spiranthes autum- 

 nalis, Reich., bearing each three spikes well developed, instead 

 of one, as the rule. Lastly, in the Talbot Valley, I was much 

 surprised to see as late as the 10th of October five or six 

 plants of Iris pseud-acorus, L., in full bloom. I also saw 

 some in flower on the 20th of November. 



R. Metman, Sec. Bot. Sect. 



Report of the Geological Section for 1013. 



Divette, near Jerbourg, St. Martin's. 



Attention has again been called to the series of deposits 

 at this locality, which are as under : — 

 Head. 



Blown Sand (White). 

 Raised Beach (25 feet level). 

 Hardened Sand (Brown). 

 Gneiss. 

 The Blown Sand under the Raised Beach is quite 

 different from the sand between the raised beach and the 



