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district, so far as I know, is P. gracile, on the wild raspberry. 
On Saturday last (Sept. 19tli) I saw several bushes attacked by P. 
violaccum , near Barnt Green Station. — W. B. Grove, B.A.] 
Imports of Societies. 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
SOCIETY.— General Meeting, September 1st, the President in the 
chair, Mr. W. B. Grove exhibited the following fungi:— Uypocopra 
microspora (new to England, previously recorded from Scotland, which 
has been hitherto the only known locality), and Zignoella pulviscula, 
from Edgbaston ; Leptosplueria Rusci (on Ruscus aculeatus and on R. 
Hypoglossum) and Leptothyrium Frag aria, from Sutton; Tremato- 
spheeria pertusa , from Barnt Green Reservoir; Rhabdospora pleosporoides 
(new to Great Britain) on stems of sorrel, taken from a nest of the 
common tern, which had been received by the President, Mr. R. W. 
Chase, from the West Wide Opens, one of the Fame Islands ; mounted 
specimens of the spores of the Hypocopra and the Rhabdospora, for 
the microscope ; also (on behalf of Mr. J. W. Oliver) a few plants sent 
by an old member, Mr. J. W. Pickering, from Victoria, Australia— 
two sundews, Drosera WhitacTceri, and 1). glandulifera, each about 1£ 
inch in total height, and the former bearing one or more scapes, each 
with a single flower one inch across; and two orchids, Caladenia 
deformis and C. pulcherrima (spider plant). Mr. T. Bolton exhibited 
Microcodon clavus, a rare rotifer, from Colesliill Pool. Mr. J. Levick 
exhibited Cordiylopliora lacustris, from Hamstead Canal, and 
Stephanoceros Eiclihornii, from Alvechurch. Miss Browett exhibited 
Himanthalia lorea , from the Brig, Filey. Mr. G. M. Iliff exhibited 
some excellent micro-photographs of Echinus spines. Biological 
Section, September 8th. — Mr. W. R. Hughes, F.L.S., in the 
chair.—Mr. \V. H. Wilkinson exhibited ripe fruit of the Lawton 
blackberry, grown from plants received from America. A proliferous 
state of the white clover, Trifolium repens; a leaf 3ft. 6in. long of Dimor- 
phanthus mandgliuricus, one of the ivy tribe. Mr. J. E. Bagnall, A.L.S., 
Garduus eriophorus , woolly thistle; Serratula tinctoria, saw-wort; 
Arctium tnajus, great burdock; Clematis Vitalba, virgin’s bower ; Ghlora 
perfoliata, yellow centuary ; and other rare plants, and a fungus, Panas 
torulosus, new to South Warwickshire, all from the Stratford-on-Avon 
district. —General Meeting, September 15tli. Mr. T. Bolton exhibited 
the spermatophores of the cuttle-fish, from Cornwall. Mr. W. B. Grove 
exhibited two eatable fungi:—(for Mr. C. E. Robinson) A garicus ostreatus, 
the oyster mushroom, on a cherry log, from Legge Lane, Birmingham ; 
and (for Mr. Edmonds) Coprinus comatus , from Hockley. Miss Taunton 
exhibited Acanthus spinosus, from Dorset, a plant whose leaf suggested 
the original idea of the Corinthian capital. Mr. W. R. Hughes 
exhibited (for Mr. C. Parsons) a specimen of Sagartia which showed 
the process known as spontaneous generation or “ fissiparity,” i.e., two 
discs with mouths and tentacles appearing on a single column.— 
Geological Section, September 22nd. Mr. T. H. Waller in the chair. 
Mr. T. H. Waller exhibited sections of quartzite, from the Ercal Hill, 
Wrekin; basalt, from Shatterford, showing vein of orthoclase: 
Whinsill, from Holwick Scar, Teesdale. Mr. J. E. Bagnall, Sparganium 
neglectum, new to Warwickshire ; for Mr. W. B. Stone, Sedum album , 
showing a remarkable instance of vitality, the plant having been 
gathered in leaf in April, at Lake Como, had been laid aside on study 
