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amataria, Anticlea rubidata, Scotosia vetulata, Ebulea crocealis, Scoparia 

 cratsegalis, and many others. As showing the extraordinary character of 

 the season, Abraxas iihTiata was still out commonly in good condition, 

 and Melanthia albicillata was by no means over. A good deal of the 

 success of the section was due to the leadership of Mr. John Hawley, of 

 Doncaster, and to whom a unanimous vote of thanks was passed. — Mr. 

 William West, of Bradford, secretary of the Botanical Section, reported 

 that the places botanised over during the day were all in the Don drain- 

 age. A larger number of species had been seen than at any previous 

 ramble of the Union, and this was accounted for by the fine weather and 

 the various strata botanised over, for Doncaster is built on the Bunter 

 sandstone, which is overlaid in many places by alluvial deposits, while the 

 productive Permian hmestone lies close to the town on the west. But the 

 richest ground of all was the peaty tract to the south, where there was a 

 perfect feast of Hygrophylous plants, and where the Bunter pebble beds 

 about Cantley are covered only by gravel, several of the rarest plants of 

 the day were found. One party worked from Conisborough to Doncaster, 

 another to the south of Doncaster, while a third took the direction of 

 Seat, Sandal Wood, and through Cantley, returning by way of Potteric 

 Carr. The total number of vascular plants observed was 452, and cryp- 

 togamic plants were certainly not very conspicuous, though a few were 

 observed, and many more would undoubtedly have been noticed but the 

 Carrs had to be rapidly gone through by some of the investigators in order 

 to reach Doncaster too late for tea. Among the rarer plants observed 

 were — Thalictrum majus. Ranunculus circinatus, P. Lingua, P. arvensis, 

 Helleborus viridis (Conisborough), Nuphar lutea, Corydalis claviculata, 

 Barbarea stricta, Cerastium arvense, Stellaria glauca, Hypericum 

 montanum (Conisborough), Ulex nanus (Pacecourse), Trifolium striatum, 

 A'icia Bobartii, Potentilla argentea, Pubus suberectus, P. Sprengelii, R. 

 corylifolius, Myriophyllum alterniflorum, Callitriche stagnalis, (Enanthe 

 fistulosa (near Conisborough), Carduus pratensis, Anthemis arvensis, 

 Filago apiculata, Pyrola minor, Chlora perfoliata (Conisborough), Hotto- 

 nia palustris. Daphne Laureola (Edlington Wood), Typha angustifolia, 

 Lemna trisulca, L. gibba. L. polyrhiza, Hydrocharis Morsus-ranse, Stra- 

 tiotes aloides. Orchis pyramidalis (S. of town), Cladium Mariscus (Askern) 

 Scirpus fluitans, Carex muricata, C. Pseudo-cyperus, C. vesicaria, Agros- 

 tis Spica-venti, and Aspidium spinulosum. All the above plants, except 

 where the localities are specified, were got on the route embracing 

 Cantley and the Carrs. Twenty species of mosses were observed, 

 including Brachythecium glareosum, Barbula Hornschuchiana, and Pogo- 

 natum nanum. Six common species of Hepaticae were noticed. Six 

 lichens were observed, including Peltigera polydactyla, and also twelve 

 species of fungi, including Melampsora populina, Tilletia caries, JEcidium 

 tussilaginis, Uredo Circeae, Trichobasis suaveolens, Phallus impudicus, 

 and Polyporus squamosus. — The Geological Section was entirely unrepre- 

 sented.— W. D. R. 



