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December 7th, 1868. 
J. B. Dancer, F.R.A.S., President of the Section, in the 
Chair. 
“ Further Notes on Some of the Rarer Plants found near 
Llandudno,” by Joseph Sidebotham, Esq. 
As the specimens I exhibited here at the beginning of 
last year, and the notes thereon, appeared to interest the 
members, I have prepared the following supplement, and 
exhibit specimens of all the plants named, which were col- 
lected in the neighbourhood of Llandudno during last May 
and the early part of June. Owing to the dry weather and 
great heat, many of the plants were in flower a fortnight 
before their usual time. 
Ranunculus perviflorus. This interesting plant I met 
with in abundance on the dry clay banks near Gloddaeth. 
Mr. Spencer Bickham, jun., had previously told me he met 
with it about a mile from the same spot, but I searched in 
vain in the place where he had found it. 
Aquilegia vulgaris. This handsome plant is extremely 
abundant on the slopes and in the thickets on the Llan- 
dudno side of Gloddaeth woods. I think there can be little 
doubt of its being ' there truly indigenous. The blue, pink, 
and lilac varieties are all equally common. 
Papaver hybridum is one of the commonest poppies in 
cultivated fields in the spring. In a corn field near 
Gloddaeth, and also one near Conway beach, I found the 
local P. somniferum also. 
Malcomia maritima was this year very common, not 
only on the Great Ormes Head, but also in corn fields in 
different places. Owing to the extreme drought, most of it 
