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P. praelongus, 79. In a pool on Barnard’s Green, below Devil’s 
Oak Lane. This is a very doubtful record. Mr. Lees notices it in 
the 3rd edition, p. 40, as one of the plants previously unrecorded 
in the Malvern district, but omits it from the Potamogetons on 
p. 107. He omits it also in the “ Bot. of Wore .,” 1867. 
Juncus glaucus, 80. Not recorded in 1st edition. 
Juncus obtusiflorus. 80. Welland Marshes. 
* Scirpus acicularis, 77. In various damp marshy places on Bar¬ 
nard’s Green and Welland Common. Plentiful on the edge of 
Garret Pool. 
+ S. lacustris, 77. In the Ledden near Ledbury. A Hereford record. 
*Carex caespitosa. 1st edition, 48 ; 2nd edition, 82. Is recorded as 
C. vulgaris in 3rd edition, p. 113. 
*C. strigosa, 82. See “ Bot. Looker-out,” p. 181. 
Alopecurus fulvus, 77. On the borders of New Pool. 
| Avena pubescens, 78. On the side of the Ridgeway, Eastnor Park. 
Hereford. 
'Molinia coerulea, 78. Crow’s Nest Wood. 
Bromus commutatus, 78. 
Lolium multiflorum, 79. In cultivated fields. Introduced. 
* J Botrychium Lunaria, 87. In a field on the north side of the road, 
at the base of the Herefordshire Beacon, west of Wind’s Point. 
Hereford. 
(To be continued.) 
Reports of Societies. 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
SOCIETY.— Microscopical Section. June 3rd. Mr. W. B. Grove, 
M.A., in the chair. Mr. Geo. Lavender exhibited three branches 
taken from the same tree, growing in his garden, of the hybrid labur¬ 
num, Gytisus purpurascens; these three branches represented respec¬ 
tively the common yellow laburnum, the true C. purpureus, and the 
hybrid, having the racemose inflorescence of the former with the 
purple colour of the latter. Mr. J. E. Bagnall, A.L.S., showed several 
coloured plates of new Warwickshire Fungi from Dr. M. C. Cooke ; 
also an illustrated Chart of the Mosses of Europe, by Giimbel. Mr. W. 
R. Hughes, F.L.S.. presented to the society a copy of the portrait of 
Miss Constance C. W. Naden, for which a vote of thanks was passed 
to R. Lewins, Esq., of London, and to Mr. Hughes. Mr. W. R. 
Hughes, F.L.S., read a paper on “ Corals, Coral Builders, and 
Coral Islands.” He gave a description of the polypes and showed 
diagrams of their structure, explaining how they live and form the 
coral. He then gave an account of the probable manner in which 
coral islands are formed. He exhibited sections of coral under the 
microscopes, a collection of typical recent corals, and a delicate speci¬ 
men of red coral in spirits, showing the eight tentacles of each polype 
beautifully expanded. Mr. F. W. Carpenter exhibited some fine 
specimens of coral. Mr. W. H. Wilkinson also exhibited specimens 
of fossil and recent corals, and some beautifully mounted thin sections 
of fossil coral from America. After an interesting discussion, a hearty 
