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exhibited Orchis pyramiclalis (rare', from near Stratford-on-Avon; Scabiosa 
columbaria, from Bardon Hill; Epipactis latifolia, from near Stoneleigh ; 
Arundo Calamogrostis (very rare), from near Solihull; Narthecinm ossifragum 
(very rare), from Marston Green, a new locality ; Fungi:— Lactariuspergameniis, 
from Oversley and Stoneleigh, named by Dr. Cooke; Boletus piperatus, from 
Middleton ; Phyllosticta violce, from Drayton, named by Mr. C. B. Plowright, all 
new to Warwickshire; Flammula flavida and Cantharellus cibarius, from 
Ragley Woods; Collybia platyphylla (rarei and Boletus scaber, from Middleton; 
Laciarias rufus and Gomphidius glutinosus (rare), from Marston Green. Mr. 
W. B. Grove exhibited Fungi ;—Amanita vaginata, Lepiota granulosa, Paxillus 
involutus. Boletus badius, Bxissula cyanoxantha, B. fragilis, B. Integra, from 
Coleshill Pool; Phragmidium mueronatum, Melampsora betulma, from Stone- 
bridge; Puccinia pulverulenta, P, violarum, Stigmatea Bobertiani, from Hamp¬ 
ton ; Puccinia galiorum, Phragmidium obtusum, Ag. udus and var. 2>ol!/- 
trichi, from the Lickey Hills; Ag. sericeus, from Eubery Hill; Diatrype 
stigma, with its two customary parasites, Nectria episphceria and Helo- 
tium pruinosum. Boletus flavus, Cystopus candidus, Melampsora salicina, 
Polythrincium trifolii, from Earlswood; Ag. fibula, Corticium incarna- 
tum, C. gUercinum, C. cinereum, from Warley Woods; Polyporus fomen- 
tarius, Polythrincium trifolii, from Salford Priors; Peronospora. grisea, from 
Bidford; P. arborescens and Lycoperdon giganteum, from Wixford; Ag. 
rimosus, from Cleeve Hill Wood ; Ag. campanulatus and Cyphella villosa, from 
near theHagley Road; Baclucafilum (rare), and Puccinia Baryi (very rare), from 
California, Harborne ; and a lichen, Lecanora pyrace i, from Kenilworth Castle ; 
also (for Mr. W. H. Wilkinson), Polyporus rufescens, from Solihull; (for Mr. R. M. 
Lloyd) Arcyria punicea, from Spring Hill; and (for Mr. J. W. Bodger) Clavaria 
fragilis, from near Peterborough. Mr. W. H. Wilkinson exhibited a collection 
of plants and lichens from Earlswood; also (for Mr. S. Walliker) a piece of 
conglomerate from North of Ireland, on which were growing the following 
Lichens: —Bamalina scopulorum, Physcia parietina, Lecanora subfusca, and 
Verrucaria maura (Leighton). Mr. J. F. Goode exhibited a slide of marine 
Entomostraca, taken in the tow-net near Oban. Micboscopical Genebal 
Meeting, August 21st.—Mr. J. E. Bagnall exhibited Drosera rotundifoli •, 
Empetrum nigrum, and other plants from Milford, near Stafford; Pimpinella 
magna, Comarumpalustre, Potamogeton rufescens, P. polygonifolius, Menyanthes 
trifoliata, Malachmm aquaticum (all rare or local in South Warwick), from near 
Tile Hill; Bussida lutea, from Middleton; B. foetens, Lectarius pergamenus, 
L. cilicioides, L. camphoratus, Collybia. platyphylla, and Cantharellus cibarius, 
from Hurley, near Warwick. Mr. J. Levick exhibited Mimulus luteus, from the 
banks of the Rother, near Midhurst, Sussex. Mr. W. B. Grove exhibited Fungi 
Ag. geophyllus, Lactarius glyciosmus, Cortinarius castaneus, Marasmius ramealis. 
Boletus subtomentosus, Polyporus annosus, JEthalium septicum, and Monotospora 
megalospora, from Coleshill Pool; Polyporus dryadeus, from Stonebridge ; Tri- 
phragmium ulmarice, and a substipitate form of Polyporus versicolor, from 
Hampton; Ag. appendiculatus, Polyporus sanguinolentus, Phlebia merismoides 
var. albo-marginata (Phillips), Peziza cochleata, Hypomyces aurantius and 
Cribraria aurantiaca from Sutton; Ag. variabilis, Ag. tener, Lactarius qiiietus, 
Bussula emetica, B. alutacea. Boletus flavus, B. edulis, Polyporus annosus, Isaria 
umbrina, and Hypoxylon coccineum, from Sutton Park ; Penicillium candidum, 
Peziza palearum, and Dinemasporium graminum, from the Hagley Road, 
Edgbaston ; Marasmius oreades, from Kenilworth Castle, and a Fungus new to 
Britain, Botrytis coccotricha, Saccardo, from Crackley Wood, Kenilworth ; also 
(for Mr. Greatheed), Phragmidium mueronatum, from Essex; ifor Mr. H. T. 
Soppitt) Puccinia chondrillce, P. chrysosplenii, (Ecidium prenanthis, Ustilago 
Kiihniana, and TJ. bromivora, from Yorkshire ; and (on behalf of Mrs. Dalton, of 
Peterborough) a series of exquisite drawings of Fungi, which were much 
admired. Mr. T. Bolton exhibited Caligus Stromii, from Christchurch, Hants, a 
parasite on salmon, which lives on the fish in salt-water, and is killed by the 
fresh-water, when it enters a river. 
