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METEOROLOGICAL NOTES.— August, 1884. 
The barometer was generally high during the month, though 
towards its close it showed a downward tendency. From the 1st 
to the 27tli, readings ranged between 29*80 and 30*30 inches. The 
weather during this period was very fine, with but little rain ; there 
were, however, heavy deposits of dew. The temperature was 
unusually high, and the somewhat rare occurrence of a maximum 
of 80 degrees or upwards on six consecutive days is a feature of the 
past month. The highest readings w r ere—at Loughborough, 89°1 on 
the 8tli, and 88°8 on the 11th ; at Strelley, 85°9 on the 11th ; and at 
Coston Rectory, 84°5 on the 11th. In the rays of the sun (blackened 
bulb, in vacuo), llPG was registered at Loughborough on the 11th, 
and 130 o 0 at Strelley on the 9th. The minimum readings varied 
during the month between 62° and 35°, the lowest observed being 35°3 
at Coston Rectory, and 40°9 at Strelley on the 26th, and 42°3 at 
Loughborough on the 5th. The mean temperature of the month was 
about 2 degrees above the average. The number of “rainy days” 
varied in districts between 7 and 10. The amounts were but small 
excepting on the 31st, when an inch or upwards fell at some stations. 
The total values for the month were—Strelley, 2*07 inches; Lough¬ 
borough, 1*75 inches; Coston Rectory, 1*74 inches. The similarity 
between the two last-mentioned stations is noticeable, as also the 
amounts measured on the 31st, being 0*92 inches at Loughborough, 
and 0*91 inches at Coston Rectory. With the exception of the 9tli, 
thunderstorms were remarkable for their absence. The prevailing 
winds were westerly, of rather more strength than is usual in August. 
Wm. Berridge, F. R. Met. Soc. 
12, Victoria Street, Loughborough. 
Peronospora alta, Fckl.—This species, which has not, I think, been 
noted previously in Britain, has occurred here, on the under side of 
the leaves of Plantago major. Fuckel’s description is as follows:— 
Laxly caespitose, in discoloured spots, grey; liyphae erect, long, branches 
about eight, longish, unequal, curved; conidia ovate, large. Fuckel’s 
Symb. Myco., p. 71. —William Phillips, Shrewsbury. 
Flora of Warwickshire. —During the past year I have met with 
the following plants which are additional records for the Flora of 
Warwickshire :— b'iltujo minima , in a gravel pit between Hampton and 
Berkswell; Campanula pa tula , near Barston ; Specularia liybrida, in a 
pea-field beyond Bradnock’s Marsh (first record for North Warwick¬ 
shire) ; Aquilegia vulgaris, Trickley Coppice; LysimacUia vulgaris, a 
fine clump, Middleton Heath. The latter plant is, of course, often, if 
not always, an escape from gardens, but where I saw it it was evidently 
well established, there being more than a hundred stems and no house 
near.—W. B. Grove, B.A. 
New British Fungi. —The following Fungi are, I believe, new 
to the British Flora :— Mortierella candelabrum, Van. T., Rech. sur les 
Muc. pi. 24, fig. 100 ; this is the first species of this pretty genus 
recorded as British, except one which I have myself previously men¬ 
tioned in the “ Midland Naturalist,” which I could not accurately 
