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Cotswolds, gathered in the neighbourhood of Minchinhampton : 
Campanulaglomerata, Gentiana amarella (a,bnormnl form),Chloraperfoliata , 
Hypericum calycinum , Lithospermum officinale, Carlina vulgaris, Solidago 
Virgaurea , Epipactis latifolia, Monotropa liypopitys, Golchicum autumnale, 
Geranium Robertianum (white variety), Orobanche minor (on clover), 
Euonymus europceus , and Verbascum nigrum. Mr. T. V. Hodgson 
exhibited the following fungi, collected on the Society’s excursion to 
Bewdley : Agaricus rubescens, Ag. arvensis, Ag. procerus, Boletus luridus, 
Lycoperdon codatum, L. saccatum, Clavaria coralloides, and C. cristata. 
Mr. C. J. Watson exhibited hairs of Tradescantia virginica, and 
some photographs of Llanberis and Bridgnorth. — Geological 
Section, September loth. Mr. Waller in the chair. Mr. Watson 
exhibited gypsum from Penarth and copper ore from Snowdon. Mr. 
Grove exhibited Cortinarius collinitus from Barnt Green; also (for 
MissGingell) Clavaria pistil!aris and Ag. odorus from Minchinhampton ; 
also (for Mr. J. E. Bagnall) Pogonatum urnigerum from a quarry near 
Meriden, new to Warwickshire. 
BIRMINGHAM MICROSCOPISTS’ AND NATURALISTS’ 
UNION.—July 20th. Special: Botany. Mr. H. Hawkes showed a 
series of beautifully prepared microscopical slides to illustrate 
Bowers and Vine’s “ Practical Botany.” Mr. J. Madison showed a 
living stickleback from the Corporation water tap in his house.—July 
27tli. Mr. Parker exhibited a collection of plants from Northfield, 
including a fungus, Polyporus squamosus, and leaves of Burnet, showing 
different stages in the development of Xenodochus carbonarius. Mr. 
H. Hawkes a collection of echini, starfishes, &c., from Scarborough, 
also a fungus, Polyporus intybaceus, from Arley. Mr. J. Collins, plants 
from Arley; Mr. J. W. Neville, specimens of Sir ex gigas, also a slide 
of dissections of the ovipositor under the microscope; Mr. Hawkes, a 
zoophyte, Campanularia plumosa. —August 10th. Special : Holiday 
Exhibits. Mr. H. Hawkes exhibited, for Mr. Corbett, specimens of 
dodder, Cuscuta europcea, and other plants from Gloucestershire ; and, 
on his own behalf, he showed a collection of plants from the Chesil 
beach, Weymouth, and regretted the building of a manufactory there 
on a piece of land noted for the richness of its flora ; Mr. J. W. 
Neville, a small collection of marine shells, mostly showing young 
forms; Mr. Linton, the different varieties of pecten found at Tenby ; 
Mr. Spears, specimens of calcareous tufa from near Halesowen ; Mr. G. 
H. Corbett described a section of the Keuper marls, with the Rhsetic 
beds overlapping them, at Westbury-on-Severn, and showed fossils and 
crystals from the district. Under the microscopes, Mr. Hawkes 
showed booklets of Cobea scandens and Sphacelaria plumosa ; Mr. W. J. 
Parker, skeleton wheel-bearer, Dinocharis pocillum .—August 17th. Mr. 
H. Hawkes exhibited a series of fungi collected in the Rowington 
district, and remarked on their edible and non-edible qualities, also 
plants from the same district; Mr. S. White, a series of plants from 
Cooper’s Hill; Mr. G. H. Corbett, teeth, &c., of fossil fish, Megalichthys 
Hibbertii, from the carboniferous limestone, Prestatyn. Mr. P. T. 
Deakin then read a paper, “ Notes on Some Land Shells from Brit¬ 
tany.” The writer said the shells of which he should speak were 
gathered by a friend who was not a concliologist, or he might have 
collected specimens of more scientific interest. A glance would show 
that they were almost identical with our own. They were collected 
on the stone walls, and comprised thirteen species. The different 
shells were enumerated, and their varieties and distribution enlarged 
upon. The specimens of Helix aspersa were variable in shape but not 
