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FIELD MEETINGS, 1951 
quarters, the Beaufort Arms Hotel, where a room had been placed at 
our disposal for meetings. 
The leader briefly outlined the programme and referred to the types 
of vegetation represented and the more interesting plants to look for 
in the localities it was intended to visit. 
Satukdat, 16th June. 
A motor coach conveyed the party to Staunton from where they 
walked through Beddings Tnclosure, a part of the Forest of Dean, to 
Lady Park Wood and the wooded limestone cliffs. The woods are typical 
of those on Carboniferous Limestone in the Wye Valley, the abundance 
of Tilia cordata being an outstanding feature. 
Tilia platyphyllos, Sorhus forminalis and S. Aria were seen about 
the cliffs, whilst higher up Carex digitata and Tyazula Forsteri were 
noted. Other plants seen in the wood included Aquilegia vulgaris, 
Dipsacus pilosus, Campanula Trachelium , Melica nutans and Festuca 
alfissima. 
The party returned to Staunton for tea at the White Horse Tnn, 
after which some members walked up the hill to the Buckstone, others 
visited the wood below to see Pyrola< minor, whilst a smaller party con- 
tented themselves with exploring the immediate neighbourhood of the 
village. The return to Monmouth was made by motor coach. 
Sunday, 17th June. 
A motor coach conveyed the party on a delightful drive down the 
Wye Valley to the Wyndcliff, near Tintern. Here the party split u]i 
into groups; some worked the woods and roadsides below the cliff, and 
others climbed the steps to the top. A search was made for some of the 
plants recorded for the locality, including Pyrola secunda, but this last 
was not found. The excessive growth of ivy on the cliff and below it 
seems to have ousted many of the plants formerly found there. Some 
fine colonies of Pyrola minor and Neottia Nidus-avis were seen under , 
beeches. After a picnic lunch, the party went by coach first to Magor, 
to see a remarkably fine growth of Azolla filiculoides and make an all 
too brief search of the drainage ditches, locally known as “reens”, and 
then to Undy to examine the marshes. These marshes have been formed 
in recent years on fields where flooding has persisted. Oenanthe aqua- 
tica and Pumex palustris were amongst the many marsh plants seen. 
Tea was taken at Tudor Cafe, Chepstow. On the return journey to 
Monmouth a stop of about an hour was made at Blackcliff, near Tintern, 
where large colonies of Convallaria mojalis occur. Neottia Nidus-avis 
and Pyrola minor again delighted the eye beneath the beeches. Festuca 
altissima was seen on the cliffs, and in the rocky wood below a fine 
colony of Chri/sospleniu-m alternifolium was found. 
Monday, 18th June. 
A motor coach took the members to Trelleck where the marsh at the 
Virtuous Well was examined. Orchis praetermissa and the hybrid 
