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crocata and Thalictrumflavum, from a new locality; and Matricaria chamomilla, 
from Middleton. Also, for Mr. Sylvanus Wilkins: Glaucium luteum, Ophryn 
apifera, Ranunculus parviflorus, and a fasciated stem of Asparagus hortensis from 
Lyme Regis. Mr. W. J. Harrison: Rock specimens from Sweden, China, and 
Cbarnwood Forest. Mr. W. B. Grove, B.A.: Sanguisorha officinalis, Ghelidonium 
niajus, Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus, Stellaria aquatica, Sphceria nquila, TJredo 
niiniita and Xenodochus carhonarius, Puccini i compositurum, Rccstelia lace- 
rat i, Dendryphium comosum, Septonema elongatispora, Phyllostict i vulga ris 
var. Lonicerce, all from Water Orton; and on behalf of Mr. Oliver: Acorns 
c ilnmus or Sweet Sedge, from the River Blackwater. Mr. C. A. Matley: Quartzite 
Pebbles, from Castle Bromwich, containing species of Phacops, Lingula, Orthis, 
and Riberi'i. Professor C. Lapworth, F.G.S., then gave a very interesting and 
lucid lecture on Scotch Geology, principally with regard to the rocks in the 
neighbourhood of Oban, which the Society will shortly visit. He first described 
the igneous rocks of the Island of Mull, which, with Ben More, formed a lofty 
volcano in the Miocene epoch. He said that probably during that period a vast 
volcanic range ran from Iceland down to the South Pole, including, among other 
peaks and districts of eruption, Hecla, Skye, Mull, Staffa, north of Ireland, some 
ranges in Spain, Teneriffe, Ascension, and St. Helena. He next described the 
characters of the Old Red Sandstone, which stretches in a homogeneous mass 
over a great part of Scotland, and showed that the granite bosses which are found 
projecting from it are probably nuclei of ancient volcanoes. Finally, he referred 
to the dispute now raging with regard to the rocks in the Highlands, where meta- 
morphic rocks appear to overlie Silurian limestones, which arrangement, how¬ 
ever, as he stated, is probably due to an overlap. The lecture was illustrated by 
numerous diagrams, and was followed by an animated discussion, in which 
Messrs. W. J. Harrison, T. H. Waller, and W. R. Hughes took part. Genebau 
Meeting, July 3rd.—Mr. E. Wagstaff exhibited Physarum cmereum, from a 
poplar tree at Edgbastou, and Nassula ambigua, from near Smethwick. Mr. 
W. B. Grove exhibited (on behalf of Mr. Morley) a twin flower-stem of Inula 
glamdulosa, which was a case of simple fasciation, being the result of the equal 
and xiarallel growth of two flower-buds where only one is usually produced. 
Also (on behalf of Mr. T. Bolton) a siiirally-twisted stem of Sweet William, 
which was not a case of fasciation, being apparently produced by the unequal 
growth of the two sides of the stem, owing to the action of some check, such as 
frost or insect perforation, on the one side; in this instance the leaves and 
flower-stalks were arranged in a single, continuous spiral line, the stem being 
inflated, hollow, and transversely undulated. Also a stem of Bryony (Tamus) 
from Penns, which was a case of combined fasciation and spiral contortion; 
in this case one of the two adjacent buds had grown faster than the other, 
and thus produced the twist. Also three fungi [from Clent:— Ag. prcecox, 
A. campanulatus, and A. radicatus. Mr. J. E. Bagnall exhibited: Ceratophylluni 
submersum, Acorus calamus, Carex pseudo-cyperus, Agrostis canina, Salix alba 
var. ccerulea, S. pentandra, Carex acuta, from Henfield and Temple Balsall, 
Nitella. opaca, Carex elongata. Genista tinctoria, Helosciadium inundatum, 
Scirpus acicularis, from Earlswood; Scirpus Taberncemontani, Carex distans, 
Cortinarius cinnamomeus, from Itchington; Rosa gaUicoides, Bromus erectus 
var. villosits, from Chesterton; Pr^onus cerasus, from Oakley; and (on behalf 
of Mr. S. Wilkins) Orobanche rapum, and Orchis pyramidalis, from Dorset. 
Biologicae Section, July 10.—Mr. W. B. Grove exhibited a piece of oak branch 
impregnated with the mycelium of Helotium ceruginosum, forming the “ green 
oak ” used in the Tunbridge ware, from Crackley Wood, Kenilworth. Mr. W. H. 
Wilkinson exhibited a number of foliaceous roses, where the ordinarily pink 
l)etals were of a green colour; also a Canterbury Bell, in which the sepals 
were enlarged and of the same blue colour as the corolla; also a fine comiiound 
raceme of Francoa ramosa, from Chili, the rachis of which was over three feet 
long. Mr. E. H. Wagstaff exhibited Triarthra longiseta from near Quinton. 
General Meeting, July 17 .— Mr. Bagnall exhibited Helosciadium inundatum 
and Nardus stricta, botli rather rare; Carex axillaris, from the only Warwick- 
