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P. tormentilla, Nesl. Tormeiitil. Bab. 95. Commons and roadsides. 



Note. — Frequently occurs with, five petals. 

 jP. Fragariastrum, Ehrli. Barren Strawberry. Bab. 95. Banks and 

 Woods. 



Fragaria. Linn. Strawberry. 



F. vesca, L. "Wood Strawberry. Bab. 96. Woods and hedgebanks. 



* F. elatior, Ehrh. Hautboy. Bab. 96. Eubbisb-lieap near Mr. Fowler's, 

 Totteridge. 



EuBUS. Linn. Bramble. 

 R. IdcBus, L. Easpberry. Bab. 96. jSTapbill Common ; near Prestwood^ 

 plentiful; " on Marlow Common in the wood to the right." Phyt. i. 

 986. O.S. ; Whittington Park. 

 R. fmticosus, L. Blackberry. Hedges, woods, etc. 



Note. — I prefer for the present to include the whole of the fruticose Ruhi under the 

 above name, as the time at my disposal has been insufficient to allow me to determine 

 more than one or two of the Babingtonian species at present ; a fuller supplementary 

 list will, I hope, be given. Mr. T. P. Lucas has identified R. plicatus, W. & N. ; B 

 discolor, W. & N. ; E. leucostachys, Sm. ; and iJ. cor xjlif alius, Sm., as Wycombe species. 



R. coesias, L. Dewberry. Bab. 110. Hedges and banks. 



Geum. Linn. Avens. 



G. urbanum, L. HerbBennet. Bab. 112, Hedges and woods. 



(To be continued.) 



Society of Amatmr Botanists. — At the 

 meeting of this society held at the School- 

 room, St. Martin's in the Fields, London, 

 May 2nd, 1866, the president in the 

 chair, two members were proposed, and 

 one elected. A letter from Dr. Grey was 

 read stating that he would not be able to 

 deliver his promised lecture. Specimens 

 of the two following rare plants were laid 

 on the table by the president, viz. : — 

 Ornithogalum nutans, and Lithospermum 

 purpureo-cceruleum : he stated that he had 

 gathered the latter at its old station near 

 Dartford, Kent, and was sorry to say that 

 he saw but very little of it. Mr. Grugeon 

 read a very clever paper on the * * Morpho- 



logy of the Foliar and Floral Organs of the 

 N. 0. Fabaccese. " Mr. Smith read a short 

 paper announcing the discovery of ilfor- 

 ckella Bohemica, in England, and exhibited 

 two most exquisite drawings of this fine 

 morel. The president read some most in- 

 teresting notes kindly sent by Mr. D. 

 Stock relating to some of the rare plants of 

 Norfolk, at the early part of the present 

 century. A vote of thanks was then 

 passed by acclamation to the above gentle- 

 men for their papers, &c. , and the meeting 

 adjourned to the 16th instant, when a 

 special general meeting will be held, — ► 

 Walter W. Reeves, Hon, Secretary, 

 Greenwich, 5th May, 1866, 



QuecTcettMicroscopicalClub. — The monthly 

 meeting was held at University College, 

 Gower-street,on the 27th April, Mr. M. G. 



