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first-named forms the nerves are arcuate in the opposite 
direction, i.e. they are turned outwards. 
It is not a little remarkable that there is one peculiarity 
in the venation of the hawthorns which is invariably over- 
looked by the draughtsman and engraver, viz., the direction 
of the secondary nerves, which proceed from the midrib to 
the base of each sinus ; such an arrangement is very rare, 
being found only in some other species of Cratcegus, as 
C. Azarolus, &c., in species of Fagus, and in a few other 
plants. 
Mr. Joseph Sidebotham exhibited a series of specimens 
of Limobius clissimilis, from Llandudno, on which the 
markings were very distinct and perfect ; he discovered the 
species in considerable numbers beneath the flowers of 
Geranium sangui neum. 
Mr. Spencer H. Bickham, Jun., reported the occurrence of 
Myosuvus minimus, L., in plenty at Yale Royal, near 
North wicli, which species he believed had never previously 
been noticed in the neighbourhood. Mr. Bickham then 
exhibited a series of specimens of Polygonum minus, Huds, 
collected at Mere and the surrounding district; he stated 
that he had searched for Polygonum mite, Schrank, but with- 
out success, and believed with Mr. Hunt, that luxuriant 
specimens of P. minus had been mistaken for it : on the other 
hand he called attention to the fact that in 1859 Mr. John 
Hardy, to whom Mr. Bailey had previously alluded, dis- 
tributed specimens of P. mite from Mere, through the 
Thirsk Exchange Club, and on this authority Mr. J. G. 
Baker, the Curator, remarked in the report, “new to the 
Mersey Province.” 
It seems doubtful also whether Alopecurus fulvus, re- 
ported from the same locality, has not been erroneously 
recorded, peculiar states of A. geniculatus having been 
mistaken for it. As, however, it was found in considerable 
quantity at Oakmcre, in 1868, it appears probable that it 
may occur elsewhere in Cheshire. 
