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Flora of Strensall and District.— Permit me to add the following 

 three plants, as well as an extra locality for another, to my friend A. R. Waller's 

 list at pp. 133 — 145, and to H. J. Wilkinson's supplementary one at p. 173 of the 

 Naturalist : — Poly gala serpyllacea Weihe, Carex fulva Good., Agrostis canina L., 

 Strensall Common. Cirsium anglicum Lamk, on the Common. I observed these 

 at the excursion of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union to Strensall Common, on July 

 14th, 1883. I also noted Rubies carpinifolius W. and N. in a hedgerow near the 

 Common, which might be added to Mr. Wilkinson's list of Rubi previously referred 

 to. In fairness to Mr. Waller it should be stated, as he himself says at the 

 commencement of his paper — ' I have not yet sufficiently examined the Rubi, 

 Rosae, and Salices of the district to enable me to give a satisfactory list of these 

 genera.' These can hardly be given as ' additions ' to a section of the Phanerogams 

 he leaves for future consideration. — P. F. Lee, Dewsbury, June 5th, 1886. 



Manchester Cryptogamic Society, February 15th, 1886.— 



Mr. Pearson read a translation from Limpricht's Deutschlands Kryptogamen-flora 

 of the description therein given of Andrecea huntii — previously described under the 

 name of A. commntata. This Andrecea was first gathered by the late Mr. G. E. 

 Hunt, of Manchester, near B-raemar, and (the name commutata being pre-occupied) 

 Herr Limpricht had dedicated it to the memory of Mr. Hunt, ' whose too early 

 death,' he wrote, 'is deeply lamented by all bryologists.' Mr. John Whitehead, 

 of Ashton, was unanimously elected an honorary member of the Society. 



Manchester Cryptogamic Society, April 19th, 1886.— Mr. G. 



A. Holt exhibited Thuidium recognition and Trichostomum crispulum var. nigro- 

 viride, from Monk's Dale, Derbyshire, the latter moss being new to the county. 

 Barbula hornschuchiana was also one of his interesting finds in the neighbourhood 

 of Miller's Dale. He read a paper on the three closely allied mosses Thuidium 

 tamariscifoliiim, T. recognition, and T. delicatulum, explaining the critical charac- 

 ters of each species. His paper was illustrated with drawings of the dissections of 

 their essential characters. He also showed British specimens of Thuidium delicatu- 

 lum, which he had recently discovered in the neighbourhood of Dolgelly. The moss 

 hitherto collected in Britain as T. delicalulum proves to belong to T. recognition. 

 Hence Mr. Holt's discovery now establishes the fact that T. delicatulum is a truly 

 British species. 



Mosses and Hepatics gathered on the Askern Excursion, 

 May 20th, 1886. — I beg to hand you the list of mosses, &c, gathered on the 

 Askern excursion, so far as made out. Upon the whole an interesting gathering. 

 At this season the genus A mblystegium was in the best condition, and I got two or 

 three very interesting forms. The Amblystegium radicale was a very good find, 

 and one I have not previously gathered. Mosses : Barbula mnralis L. var. 

 incana, in dry situations, on walls, &c. Barbula ambigua B. & S., on mortar 

 crevices of an old wall, in old fruit. Funaria hygrometrica L., got in fine 

 fruit ; a common and widely distributed moss. Webera nutans Schreb., on stones 

 in an old quarry, sterile. Mnium rostratum Schrad., Mnium punctatum, Hedw., 

 both without fruit, on stones in old quarry. Homalothecium sericeum L. , Campto- 

 thecium lutescens Huds., Eurhynchium prcclongum Dill. The above three all 

 being autumn fruiting species, were found only without fruit. Rhyncostegium 

 murale Hedw., got with old fruit. Amblystegium serpens L. vars. tenue, majus, 

 and pinnatum were all got in fruit. Amblystegium radicale P. Beauv., was 

 perhaps the rarest moss gathered, and a small patch of it was got in fine fruit in a 

 very characteristic condition. Campylium chrysophyllum Brid., only in sterile 

 state. Cratoneuron filicinum L., also sterile. Hepatics: Lunularia vulgaris 

 Mich. This plant is commonly found growing on pots in greenhouses, often 

 covering the pots to the detriment of their other occupants, and rarely found truly 

 wild. A small patch of it was gathered off a gravel walk with its distinctive 

 gemmae. Lophocolea heterophylla Schrad., Lophocolea bidentata L. These two 

 plants are common and widely distributed. — M. B. Slater, Malton, May 28th, 

 1886. 



Naturalist, 



