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High Wycomle Natural History Society. 

 Second Winter Session, 1866-67.— The 

 second evening meeting was held on Nov. 

 13th, at the house of John Parker. Jun:, 

 Esq., when there was a good attendance of 

 members and friends. After tea, the 

 varioas objects exhibited were inspected. 

 Among them were a case of Lepidoptera and 

 another of Coleoptera (chiefly local) lent by 

 the President. Several specimens of Eep- 

 tiles preserved in spirits, and a collection 

 of plates of British Plants. Morris's " Bri- 

 tish Birds" and "British Butterflies" were 

 lent by Dr. Bowstead. A paper by Mr. 

 W. E. Tate, of London, on " British 

 Reptiles" was then read by the secretary, 

 after which the President gave a short 

 address on "Diatoms and Desmids" illus- 

 trated by diagrams and sketches. Various 

 Diatoms were also exhibited under the 

 microscope, in addition to objects illustra- 

 tive of Mr. Tate's paper. The usual votes of 

 thanks broaght the meeting to a close. 



Geranium striatum. — At pages 46-48, of 

 ..Naturalist, vol. ii. I have given a full 

 record of the various localities of this plant 

 and have there expressed an opinion rela- 

 tive to its probable nativity coinciding 

 with that of Mr. Melvill. The Penzance 

 locality appears to be one of very old 

 standing, and it has been considered to be 

 "truly wild in Jersey," Phyt. 635, N.S. 

 Several additional Cornish and Devon lo- 

 calities will be found at the pages referred 

 to. — James Britten. 



List of Plants Collected in Cornwall 

 IN ArotrsT, 1866. 

 List of some scarce plants met with in the 

 : first week of August, in and about Pen- 

 zance, Mount's Bay, St. Michael's Mount, 

 Marazion, and the Marshes, Land's End, 

 and the Lizard : 



Allium Schcenoprasum, on the rocks at 



the Rill near Kynance Cove. 

 Bartsia viscosa, Bogs at Marazion, 

 Borago o-fficinalis, St. Michael's. 

 ■Chenopodium lotryodes, Loe Pool, 



Cicendia filiformis, near Penzance, 

 Cochlcaria danica, St. Michael's. 

 Corrigiola littoralis, Loe Pool. 

 Daucus maritimus, Logan Stone. 

 Drosera intermedia, near Penzance, 



D. rotundifolia, near Penzance. 

 Elatinc hexandra, Loe Pool. 



Erica ciliaris, Carelew Park, between 



Truro and Penrhyn. 

 Erica vagans, between Loe Pool and Hel- 



ston, and at the Lizard. 

 Er odium maritimum, St. Michael's. 

 Eryngium maritimum, St. Michael's. 

 Euphorbia par alias. Mounts Bay. 



E. portlandica, Loe Pool. 

 Genista pilosa, Lizard. 

 Hypericum Androscemum, Loe Pool. 

 Illecehrum verticillatuin, near Penzance. 

 Lastrea oemula, near Penzance. 

 Mentha rotundifolia, near Penzance. 

 Osmunda regalis, bogs at Marazion. 

 Petasites fragrans, Mount's Bay near Pen- 

 zance. 



Pinguicula lusitanica^ near Penzance. 

 Ruhia peregrina, Loe Pool. 

 Sagina siibulata, Loe Pool. 

 Sanguisorha officinalis, between Helston 



and the Lizard. 

 Scilla autumnalis, Lizard. 

 S. verna, St. Michael's. 

 Scirpus jiuitans, bogs at Marazion. 

 Sedum refiexum, walls near Penzance. 

 Sedum sexangulare, walls near Penzance. 

 Sibthorpia europcea, near Penzance. 

 Silene maritima, St. Michael's. 

 Tamarix anglica, St. Michael's and the 



Lizard. 



Wahlenhergia hederacea, near Penzance. 



When we visited this remote part 

 of the kingdom, the season was far 

 advanced, and the summer was both early 

 and unusually dry and hot, hence several 

 plants were invisible which are often seen 

 at the end of July and the beginning of 

 the following month. 



The moorland species, viz. — Cicendia 

 filiformis, Pinguicula lusitanica, and 

 Sibthorpia europcea, were either past flow- 

 ering or so minute as to be barely visible. 



