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other addition on the way to Brough. A walk on the Humber 

 foreshore after tea resulted in Helix nemoralis with its variety 

 minor being- found in some numbers. Altogether during the 

 day 33 species were noted, this total being made up of 6 slugs, 

 21 land shells, and 6 freshwater species. Considering the 

 extreme dryness and the absence of ponds and ditches on the 

 routes taken, this must be accounted very fair. The following is 

 a complete list of the species'noted : — 



Arion ater. Helix cantiana. 



Arion minimus. Helix hispida. 



Arion hortensis. Helix itala. 



Arion circumscriptus. Helix caperata. 



Limax cinereo-niger. Buliminus obscurus. 



Agriolimax agrestis. , Pupa cylindracea. 



Vitrina pellucida. Clausilia perversa. 



Hyalinia cellaria. Clausilia laminata. 



Hyalinia alliaria. Cochlicopa lubrica. 



Hyalinia nitidula. Carychium minimum. 



Hyalinia pura. Planorbis albus. 



Hyalinia crystallina. Limnsea peregra. 



Hyallinia fulva. Limna^a truncatula. 



Helix rotundata. Ancylus fluviatilis. 



Helix aspersa. Pisidium fontinale. 



Helix nemoralis. Pisidium pusillum. 



Helix hortensis. ' 



It will be seen from the foregoing reports that much good 

 work was accomplished. The weather during the excursion 

 was all that could possibly be desired. May many of us meet 

 again on the same ground twenty-five years hence ! 



NOTES on FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Myosurus minimus near Grantham.— On the 20th of May 1901 

 I came across several plants of Mousetail {Myosurus minimus, L. ) growing 

 on the top of a pond-bank in a pasture in the parish of Brandon, Div. 15. 

 I had not seen it growing before, and there were quite a number of plants. 

 — S. C. Stow, Court Leys, Brandon. Grantham, 21st June 1901. 



Plant Names : Howsham, near Brigg.— Superstitions are not yet 

 dead with us, as the following- will prove : — On the 25th of April a child 

 brought to the day school at Howsham an early flower of Anthrisms 

 sylvestris Hoffm. On inquiry I found that the children themselves knew 

 this species by the local names, ' Humlock, Hemlock, Rabbit-meat, and 

 Mother-die.' This latter was from a girl. The first three names are 

 common and easily explained ; ' Mother-die ' is just as remarkable. ■ What 

 a strange name ! ' I said ; ' however does it happen to have such a name?' 

 This elicited a reply to the effect that if girls take the flower into the house, 

 and their mother smells it, she will die. Asked if they meant she would die 

 suddenly or within any certain time, they said they did not know. Whether 

 this piece of folklore is widespread or only quite local I am unable to say, 

 for I have never heard of it before. — Wm. Booth, Howsham School, North 

 Lincoln, 14th June 1901. 



1901 August 2. 



