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Peacock : Lincolnshire Naturalists at Torksey. 



At Knaith, again, we have a long- circular bend round Lea 

 Marsh to Gainsborough. These are some of the more notable 

 winding's of the Trent in this region, and they are given merely 

 as examples occurring- in the neighbourhood ; for, throughout 

 its course, the river winds with scarcely a straight part in it, and 

 it will continue to do so to the end ; moving- through its broad, 

 flat valley, from one side to the other, as time g-oes on ; always 

 taking the easiest course, and giving' way, more and more, as 

 its strength dies out, to every opposing- obstacle strong enough 

 to resist it. 



The plants of this part of the county and spot have been so 

 often reported on that nothing- new was taken. From Mr. J'.vSj 

 Sneath's notes I take the following- of what the Keuper marl 

 yields under varying- conditions : — Reseda luteola, Helianthemum 

 vulgare, Stellaria palustris , Malva inoschata, Geranium pratense, 

 Rhamnus cat/iarticus, Astragalus glycyphyllos (very fine indeed), 

 Lythrum Salicaria, Hydrocotyle, Silaus, Daucus, Comus, 

 Dipsacus, ChrysaTitliemum segetuni, Tanacetum, Cynoglossum, 

 Humulus, Eleocharis palustris, Scirpus lacustris, Car ex sylvatica, 

 Calamintha clinopodium, and numbers of commoner species. 

 The lime in the soil brings the flora into a line with that of the 

 cliff and wold. 



Mosses were most difficult to find, but Miss S. C. Stow 

 reported the following for a very badly-worked district : — ■- 



Tortula muralis Hedw. Bryum argenteum L. 



Tortula mutica Ldb. Bryum csespiticium L. 



New to X. Lines. Mnium rostratum Schrad. 



Orthotrichum diaphanum Schrad. Hvlocomium triquetrum B.&S. 



Mr. J. B. Robinson reported Polyporus squamosus in an 

 abnormal form." 



Mr. C. S. Carter, M.C.S., sends me the following- list of shells: 



Agriolimax agrestis. Physa fontinalis. 



Agriolimax lsevis. Limnaea peregra. 



Helix pulchella var. eostata. Xeritina fluviatilis, 



Helix nemoralis. Yivipara contecta. 



Helix hispida. Bvthinia tentaculata. 



Helix itala. Yalvata piseinalis. 



Clausilia sp. (immature!. Anodonta sp. (fragments ). 



Suecinea putris. Sphaerium laeustre. 



Planorbis spirorbis. Pisidium amnicum. 



Planorbis vortex. Pisidium pusitium. 



Planorbis contortus. 



I noticed that Helix itala seemed to be found most plentifully 

 linder the trailing branches of Astragalus glycyphyllos. 



Naturalist,. 



