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Petasites vulgaris, Deaf. 
(4.) Side of the dam near Brownsover Mill, Baxter, MS. ; Berricote 
Wood, Stoneleigh, Hon. Miss M. Cordelia Leigh ! 
Seneeio vulgaris, Linn. 
(4.) Lighthorne, 1853, Miss Palmer. 
S. sylvatiea, Linn. 
(6.) Kenilworth Heatli, abundant! Bromivich. 
S. erueifolius, Linn. 
(4.) Near Sawbridge ; on a bank in Lawford Lane, 1831, Baxter, MS. ; 
Staple Hill, Bidford ; Drayton, near Stratford-on-Avon. 
(6.) Between Kenilworth and Balsall Common, Bromivich. 
(8.) Lane from Ullenhall to Great Fordhall; Wilmecote ; Lapwortk. 
S. Jaeobsea, Linn. 
(4.) Near Rugby, 1831, Baxter, MS. 
S. aquatiea, Linn. 
(4.) Near Brownsover, 1831, Baxter, MS. 
Carlina vulgaris, Linn. 
(5.) Whituash pastures, Bromwich. 
(To be continued.) 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
SOCIETY. —Geological Section. April 18th.—Mr. T. H. Waller, B.A., 
B.Sc., in the chair. Mr. Goode exhibited flexible sandstone from India. 
Mr. C. J. Watson exhibited leaf impressions in clay deposits and marine 
shell deposits from Bournemouth. Mr. J. Udall, Rliynchonella, from Lias 
limestone, Harbury. Mr. T. H. Waller gave an address on Basalts, illus¬ 
trated by hand specimens and lantern views. 
BIRMINGHAM MICROSCOPISTS’ AND NATURALISTS’ UNION.— 
March 20tli. Mr. P. T. Deakin exhibited a collection of micro-lepidoptera, 
mostly lo'cal; Air. J. Collins a moss, Tetraphis pellucida. The other exhibits 
comprised a series of objects shown by polarized light.—March 27th. A 
lecture was delivered by Mr. Walter E. Collinge on “ The Life History of a 
Fish.” The lecturer said there was nothing more interesting than the 
developmental history of a fish. The development ofja chick was a common 
object, but in point of interest it was far inferior to that of a fish. In the 
ovum of this object we had a clear glassy sphere floating in water, and the 
development could be watched under the microscope. The use of the oil 
globules of some eggs was unknown. The eggs were elegant objects, their 
surfaces being reticulated and otherwise ornamented. The different stages 
were described until they left the egg and were able to care for themselves. 
It was said to take from four to five years for a codfish to reach a yard in 
length. The speaker described the process of fertilisation of an egg, the 
single cell, the tissues, and from these the organs that were the beginning of 
every creature. The lecturer concluded an interesting address by dwelling 
on the advantages afforded by the biological laboratories that now exist on 
various parts of the coast, affording as they do to every working naturalist 
facilities for studying the wonders of marine life. The address was 
abundantly illustrated by diagrams and objects.—April 10th. Holiday 
exhibits. Mr. J. Madison showed a curiously deformed shell of Anodonta 
cygnea, probably caused by the mantle being divided ; also an unusually 
May, 1893. 
