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and O. Luisitcmicum in the surface of the spores, which are tubercu- 
lated in the former and smooth in the latter. The spores of the 
Dyffryn plants are, for their size, rather coarsely reticulated, and not 
tuberculated. See Ex. Club Reports, 1870, p. 18, and 1877-8, p. 20. 
Mr. Baker and Dr. Boswell confirm the name. A single specimen 
sent by Mr. H. Halcro Johnston, from a new station in Orkney, the 
fifth station now known in that island. It was collected 28th July, 
1879, i n a pasture at the top of crags at the sea shore, at the north- 
west end of the Calf of Cava. 
Chard syncarpa, Thuil. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Lomax sends a few 
specimens, thus named, from a stagnant pond, Braemar, July, 1879. 
Prof. Babington is doubtful whether this is capitata or opaca, probably 
the latter. 
Tolypella glomerata, A. Br. From a ditch, Plumstead Marshes, 
West Kent, 1st May, 1879. Sent by Mr. H. Groves. 
Chara hispida , L. Sent by Mr. W. H. Beeby, from the Great 
Pond, Gatton Park, Surrey, 4th August, 1879 1 and by Mr. J. Groves, 
from a pond near Bromley, West Kent, 29th June, 1878. 
EXCLUDED SPECIES, AND CASUAL INTRODUCTIONS. 
Lavatera punctata, All. One specimen sent by Mr. J. H. A. 
Jenner, with the note that “this plant has grown in very small 
quantity (only one or two plants) on a disused railway bank at Lewes, 
for three or four years. 
Herniaria hirsuta , L. Sent by Mr. F. Townsend, from waste 
ground (sand) at Christchurch, Hampshire, 19th July, 1879. Con- 
sidered by Prof. Babington “ a very interesting discovery of Mr. 
Townsend’s. He thinks that it is indigenous.” 
Centranthus Calcitrapa , Dufr. From an old wall, Eltham, Kent, 
August, 1879. Sent by Dr. Eyre de Crespigny. 
Scabiosa atropurpurea , L. Sent by Mr. J. H. A. Jenner, from a 
bank at Seaford, Sussex, perfectly established, July, 1879; and by 
Rev. E. F. Linton, from a cemetery at Yarmouth, 7th August, 1879, 
self-sown, and growing in fair quantity. 
Ambrosia artemisifolia. Weed in garden, Lewes, Sussex, July, 
1877. Mr. J. H. A. Jenner. 
Antliemis tinctoria , L. Waste ground, Lewes, Sussex, July, 1877. 
Mr. J. H. A. Jenner. 
Symphytum asperrimum , Sims. Dr. Boswell sends cultivated 
specimens of this species, July, 1879, with the following note : — 
“ I have examples from Bath, collected by Mr. French more than 30 
years ago, but it appears to be extinct there now ; though the dubious 
plant S. uplandicum Nyman, or S. peregrinum Baker, still grows 
there.” 
Symphytum “ peregrinum , Ledeb. ? ” Baker. S. uplandicum 
Nymen, S. orientate , Fries, (non. Linn). S. Donii, DC. ? Dr. 
Boswell sends cultivated specimens of this plant from Balmuto, July, 
