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and the Purple -flowered Small-reed, Calamagrostis lanceolata, 
recorded by Kirk from near Griff, I have been unable to find; 
but the Millet Grass, Milium effusum,, is more or less abundant 
in many of the woods. The Water Avens, Geum rivcde, 
which occurs in the Sence Valley, has not been observed in 
any part of this district; many parts of Bentley Park seem 
likely to yield this and other such plants, but the incidental 
visits of a single season can scarcely exhaust the flora of so 
large a woodland. 
(To be continued.) 
METEOROLOGICAL NOTES.— December, 1885. 
The barometer was high at the commencement of the month, but 
fell rather suddenly on the 2nd. A recovery of pressure soon followed, 
and the mean continued high until the 27tli, when another fall took 
place, succeeded by a slight increase of pressure. On the 23rd, the 
mercury stood at 30-6 inches; the extreme range was, however, only 
L096 inches. Temperature has been about 2 inches below the 
average, the highest readings being 53-7° at Hodsock, on the 16th ; 
52*3° at Loughborough, and 5L9° at Strellev, on the 17th ; 5b0° at 
Henley-in-Arden, on the 1st; and 50 - 5° at Coston Rectory, on the 
17th. In the rays of the sun, 84 - 8° at Hodsock, on the 31st; 82-2° at 
Loughborough, on the 3rd ; and 79’2° at Strelley, on the 17tli. The 
lowest readings were l&Z 0 at Hodsock, on the 8th ; 15'5° at Coston 
Rectory, on the lltli ; 20‘4° at Strelley, on the 8tli; 21*0° at Henley- 
in-Arden, on the 11th ; and 21*3° at Loughborough, on the 8th. On 
the grass, the mercury fell to 10-4° at Hodsock; 14-3° at Strelley, on 
the 11th ; and to 16'7° at Loughborough, on the 8th. Rainfall was 
exceptionally small, the total values varying from 0-98 of an inch at 
Henley-in-Arden to 0-50 of an inch at Loughborough. Very little 
snow fell during the month. Sunshine was deficient. Lightning was 
observed at Loughborough on the evening of the 4th, and a lunar halo 
on the 21st. 
Wm. Berridge, F. R. Met. Soc. 
12, Victoria Street, Loughborough. 
Ihitimil if) is tor ii Mote. 
The Older Palaeozoic Rocks in North-East Warwickshire.— 
Hearing that a shaft was being sunk in search of water half way 
between Chilvers Coton and Burton Hastings, by the Hinckley Local 
Board, I visited the place. The exact spot is a quarter of a mile 
south of the W in “ The White Stone” on the Ordnance Map. The 
ground may be roughly estimated at about 325ft. above 0.1). The 
shaft is stated to be 80ft. deep. The upper 60ft. or thereabouts is 
through red marls and white sandstones, apparently Triassic Water- 
stones ; the lower 20ft. is in hard mottled blue and purple slaty shales. 
