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* Aira caespitosa, A. flexuosa, A. caryophyllea, praecox. Tab. 33. In 
all the districts. 
* Trisetum flavescens. Tab. 33. In all the districts. 
* Avena fatua. Tab. 33. In all the districts. 
* A. pratensis. 68, Silurian hills west of Malvern ; 101, Bredon 
Hill; 104, Broadway. Tab. 33. Avon, Severn. Malvern. 
* A. pubescens. 14, Meadows at Park Hall, near Kidderminster ; 
58, Meadows in Severn Valley. Tab. 33. Avon, Severn, 
Malvern. 
* A. elatior (Arrhenatherum avenaceum) and var. bulbosum. Tab. 33. 
In all the districts. First record of var. bulbosum. 
* Triodia decumbens. 14, Hartlebury Common ; 58, Broad Heath ; 
101, Bredon Hill. Tab. 33. In all the districts. 
* Koeleria cristata. 58, Severn D, ; 101, Bredon Hill; 131 (Scott). 
Tab. 33. In all the districts. Extinct in Lickey. 
* Melica uniflora. Tab. 33. In all the districts. 
* M. nutans. 6, 59, Wyre Forest. Tab. 33. Severn. 
* Molinia caerulea. 6, 17, 58, Severn D. 115, 119, Lickey. Tab. 
33. Severn, Malvern, Lickey. 
* Poa annua, P. trivialis. P. pratensis. Tab. 33. In all the districts. 
* P. nemoralis. 58, Severn D. Tab. 33. Severn, Malvern, Lickey. 
* P. compressa. 58, Severn D. Tab. 33. Avon, Severn, Malvern. 
* Glyceria aquatica. Tab. 33. In all the districts. 
(To be continued.) 
Reports of Societies. 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
SOCIETY.—February 5th. A meeting of the sub-section for the study 
of microscopic mounting. It was resolved to hold meetings on the 
Friday following each meeting of the Microscopical Section. Mr. T. 
V. Hodgson was appointed chairman, and Mr. C. J. Watson secretary 
and treasurer. The subscription towards the special expenses of the 
sub-section was fixed at one shilling. —Biological Section.— March 8th. 
Professor T. W. Bridge in the chair, and about 210 members and 
friends present. Mr. R. W. Chase gave a lecture on “ British Birds 
and Bird Life,” which he illustrated by a long and beautiful series of 
lantern pictures, many of which were photographed from specimens in 
his own collection and others of nests, &c., taken with natural 
surroundings. At the conclusion of the meeting a hearty vote of 
thanks was tendered to the lecturer. 
BIRMINGHAM MICROSCOPISTS’ AND NATURALISTS’ 
UNION.—February 22nd. Mr. G. H. Corbett showed a section 
through the jaws of Ichthyosaurus communis from Lower Lias beds, 
Wilmcote. The section showed the bony structure and teeth in situ , 
one old tooth being displaced by a new one ; Mr. Linton, specimen of 
a coral, Fungia discus ; Mr. J. Madison, specimens of Helix nisosa and 
