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them to examine his collection, proposed by Mr. J. H. Lloyd, and 
seconded by Dr. Showed Rodgers, were both carried unanimously.— 
Biological Section, July 31st. Mr. F. Goode in the chair. The 
following were exhibited:—By Mr. F. Goode, Cytisus laburnum, 
in flower and fruit; by Mr. Bolton, for Mr. W. R. Hughes, 
F.L.S., a fine collection of polyzoa from Evesham; Mr. W. H. 
Wilkinson, lichens from Northampton Excursion, amongst which 
were Lecidea albo-atra, Galicium hyperellum, Usnea rubiginosa, dbc. ; by 
Mr. J. E. Bagnall, for Rev. T. Norris, a fine collection of rare plants 
from Loddington Wood, Leicestershire, amongst which were Vicia 
sylvatica, Agrimonia odorata, Lathyrus sylvestris; for Mr. J. B. Stone, 
F.L.S., flowering plants and mosses, from St. Bernard and Interlacken, 
the more rare being Anemone sulphurea, Dryas octopetala, and Neckera 
cripsa in fruit; for Rev. D. C. O. Adams, fungi, Agaricus cervinus, Ag. 
rivulosus, Russula depallens, from Ansty, near Coventry.— Micro¬ 
scopical Section, August 7th. Mr. R. W. Chase in the chair. Mr. 
Marshall exhibited a specimen he had just brought from Norway of 
Cotula coronopifolia, a marsh plant of the composite order that was 
stated to be not found in any other country of Europe, and in only one 
locality in Norway. Also, the skin of a fish from Norway, having a 
brilliant blue colour, which was identified by Mr. Hughes and Mr. 
Chase as Labrus bergylta , the Ballan Wrasse, occasionally found on 
some parts of the coast in this country. Mr. Chase gave an account 
of an excursion he had just made to the East Coast, where he had been 
extremely fortunate from an ornithological point of view.— Biological 
Section, August 14th. Mr. R. W. Chase in the chair. Mr. W. B. 
Grove, B.A., gave a full and interesting account of his recent visit to 
Staffa, Fingal’s Cave, Lewis, and other of the Western Isles, and 
exhibited a rare fungus, Lachnella Rhytismce, from Lady Matheson's 
grounds, Lewis ; he also exhibited the following fungi from Sutton: 
Agaricus acute-squamosus, Peziza omphalodes, Leocarpus fragiiis, dec. 
Mr. J. Levick also gave additional notes of a tour in the Hebrides, and 
exhibited as part of the spoils, Drosera anglica, Saxifraga aizoides, and 
Sphagnum contortum. Mr. C. Pumphrey exhibited a fine specimen of 
the bladder nut, Physalts Alkekengi. Mr. J. E. Bagnall, A.L.S., 
exhibited Gymnostomuni rostellatum, from Alcester, new to Warwick¬ 
shire, and Physcomitrella patens, new to South Warwickshire, from 
Alcester and Wormleighton ; also, for Mr. J. B. Stone, a number of 
rare mosses from the Swiss Alps, including Gylindrothecium cladorrhi- 
zans, Barbula mucronifolia, Orthotriclium rupestre, d’C. ; for Mr. C. 
Pumphrey, mosses collected during his visit to Norway, amongst 
which were Tetraplodon mnioides, Hypnum loreum; also Jungermannia 
saxicola ; and for Miss Gingell, a large collection of rare and local 
plants, from Dursley, Gloucestershire, such as Geranium columbinum, 
Aquilegia vulgaris, Melica uniflora, and a series of specimens of Paris 
quadrifolia, having four, five, and six leaves in a whorl, giving also 
notes on their distribution, economic uses, and folk lore. 
BIRMINGHAM MICROSCOPISTS’ AND NATURALISTS’ 
UNION.—July 23rd. Mr. P. T. Deakin exhibited a collection of land 
and fresh water shells from Hampshire, including specimens of Balea 
perversa, also a collection of fossil leaves from the Eocene beds of the 
same district; Mr. J. Madison, wing of a neuropterous insect, from 
the Rhaetic beds of Knowle; Mr. Corbet, slabs showing impressions 
of rain drops and ripple marks from the same formation. Mr. O. 
Hutchinson then read a paper on “ The Green Slime, Protococcus.” 
An examination of this object would show it to consist of a vast 
