Oct., 1892. 
REPORTS OF SOCIETIES. 
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Report for 1874 :— 
l* Stellaria glauca, With. Busliy marshy place, near Kinver Edge, 
Stourbridge, Worcestershire, F. A. Lees. S. glauca is very 
rare iu Worcester, but Kinver is in the county of Stafford. 
* Rosa mollissima, Willd. Worcester, F. A. Lees. This may be an 
addition to the list in Top. Bot. But it was certainly pub¬ 
lished by Edwin Lees in “ Loudon’s Magazine of Nat. Hist.,” 
Yol. III., 1880, p. 160. See “Mid. Nat.,” Yol. X., p. 284. 
Also by Rev. Dr. Booker, Dudley Castle Hill, 1825. See 
“ Mid. Nat.,” Yol. XI., p. 61. 
(To be continued.) 
Reports of Societies. 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
SOCIETY. — Microscopical Section. September 6th. Mr. J. F. 
Goode (President) in the chair. Mr. J. C. Stackhouse exhibited 
some specimens of rocks and minerals from the Upper Engadine. 
Mr. R. W. Chase exhibited a fine series of sponges still attached to 
the rocks on which they grew. The specimens came from the 
Mediterranean and some from the West Indies. Mr. W. B. Grove 
exhibited Poly poms picipes from Middleton, a fungus new to this 
district. Also Erysiphe montagnei , growing on the burdock, from the 
same locality. He also exhibited a specimen in flower of Desfontanea 
spinosa, kindly sent by Rev. Bulkeley-Owen, a shrub which attracted 
much attention during the recent excursion to Ellesmere of the 
Midland Union of Natural History Societies. Mr. T. V. Hodgson 
gave a brief account of the excursion to Middleton, and exhibited 
Polyphemus pediculus from the pool at the Hall, and Scenodesmus acutus 
from the neighbouring canal. Mr. S. P. Bolton exhibited Gristatella 
mucedo, JEcistes crystallinus, and other rotifers obtained on the same 
excursion. Mr. Pumphrey briefly described Kingsbury and Middleton 
Halls. Mr. C. J. Watson exhibited photographs of the Forth Bridge.— 
Biological Section, September 18th. Mr. R. W. Chase in the chair. 
Mr. T. Y. Hodgson exhibited, on behalf of Mr. C. Pumphrey, two 
fungi from the Cotswolds, Polyporus sulphureus and Agaricus squar- 
rosus. Mr. S. P. Bolton exhibited, under the microscope, a rare 
rotifer from Alvechurch. I.acinularia socialis. Mr. R. W. Chase 
exhibited two rose buds of abnormal growth, in which two 
sets of sepals and petals had formed one above the other.— 
Geological Section. September 20th. Mr. Goode in the chair. Mr. 
Grove exhibited on behalf of Mr. F. J. Cullis, of Tuffley, Gloucester, 
the gigantic puff ball, Lycoperdon Bovista , 25in. in circumference. 
This specimen, which was still in fine condition for eating, though it 
had been gathered in Gloucestershire four days before, and sent by 
Mr. Cullis through the parcels post, was afterwards served at supper 
(sliced and fried a delicate brown colour) to ten members of the 
society and their friends, by whom it was much enjoyed. Mr. 
Grove exhibited Lycoperdon pusillum from Cleobury Mortimer. Mr. 
Edmonds exhibited a piece of gypsum, found in Kyrwick’s Lane, 
Sparkbrook, in a layer of clay 40yds. below surface. Mr. T. V. 
Hodgson gave a report of an excursion to Olton Reservoir, and 
exhibited specimens of Entomostraca, &c., taken during the excursion. 
Mr. W. P. Marshall exhibited and described a diagram showing 
relative size, &c., of Jupiter and its newly discovered Satellite. 
