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salt-marsh vegetation of the place. In any case it must shortly 
disappear, unfortunately, from the extension of works and factories over 
the ground. 
Carex stricta. It is gratifying to be able to announce the undoubted 
presence of this sedge, in considerable quantity within a few miles of 
the city. Thus far there have been only some unconfirmed reports of 
its occurrence near Bath, which were not accepted by the author of the 
Flora of Somerset. This is a critical species, sometimes misunderstood, 
although in reality well defined by its densely tufted habit, the 
filamentous leaf-sheathing, and a peculiar veining of the fruit. Mi-. 
Bucknall and I found it about some water holes in the marsh land 
between Tickenham and Wraxall. 
Carex vesicaria. Another most valuable find to the credit of Miss 
Roper, who has published her discovery in the Journal of Botany. In 
this case the plant extends a few feet along the bank of a Frome 
tributary in the parish of Iron Acton. It is a handsome sedge of 
quite typical growth, and had never before been gathered, for sure, 
either in Somerset or West Gloucester. 
JAMES W. W^HITE, F.L.S., 
Hon. See. 
GEOLOGICAL SECTION. 
I REGRET to have to report a large falling off in membership. 
At the end of 1906 there were 53 members, but at the end of this 
year there are only 40. During the last Session the Section has lost 
three members by death, Mr. T. Foster Brown, Mr. Henry Watson, 
and Dr. W. B. Gubbin. 
There were nine meetings during the year, one of which was an 
exhibition meeting, to which members of the Bristol Naturalists’ 
Society were invited, and a great many availed themselves of the 
invitation, showing great interest in the specimens of minerals, fossils, 
photographs, and Lantern Slides, which were explained by the 
exhibitors. 
The following papers were read during the year : — 
Jan. 24th. — ^Annual Meeting. Lantern Slides of “ New Zealand,” 
described by Hy. Watson. 
Feb. 21st. — “Erosion of the Shores of the Bristol Channel” and 
“A small bone cave at Clevedon,” by Prof. S. H. Reynolds, 
M.A., F.G.S. 
Mar. 21st.. — Geology of the Transvaal,” by A. J. Hall, B.A., 
B.Sc., F.G.S. 
April 25th. — “ A Silurian Inlier on 
Prof. S. H. Reynolds, M.A., F.G.S. 
May 23rd. — “ Lamellibranchs,” by Dr. 
F.G.S. 
June 20 th. — “Mountain Limestone, 
suggested by it,” by C. A. Seyler, D.Sc. 
Oct. 17th. — “The Geology of Skye,” 
M.A, F.G.S. 
the Eastern Mendips,” by 
Vaughan, 
B.A., D.Sc. 
some Chemical Problems 
of Swansea. 
by Prof. S. H. Reynolds, 
Nov. 21st. — Exhibition Meeting. 
