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THE ESSEX NATURALIST. 
a dauntless party of 28 members and friends assembled at Grange Hill 
station at 2 o’clock, and proceeded towards the woodlands to the north¬ 
east. 
En route, the pond on the Recreation Ground at Chigwell Row was 
visited, and abundance of Azolla filiculoides was found floating on the sur¬ 
face. This interesting western American plant has now been observed 
continuously on this pond since 1904, and seems thoroughly established. 
This being the first occasion on which Hainhault had been investigated 
by the Club as regards its cryptogamic flora, some amount of curiosity 
was evinced as to how it would compare in this respect with its larger 
neighbour, Epping Forest. 
The referees for the day were :— 
Myxomycetes . . Miss A. Hibbert-Ware, F.L.S. (in the unavoidable 
absence of the President). 
Mosses and Hepatics. . Mr. L. B. Hall, F.L.S. 
Lichens . . . . Mr. Percy Thompson, F.L.S. 
The actual results obtained were poor ; only 23 mosses, three hepatics, 
eight lichens, and three “ myxies ” being noted; but the climatal con¬ 
ditions under which the search was carried on, and the small amount of 
ground actually traversed, owing to the waterlogged state of the soil, 
prevent these meagre returns from being regarded as a true measure of the 
cryptogamic wealth of Hainault Forest. 
The best find was, perhaps, that of the lichen Cetraria glauca {—Platysma 
glaucum), which occurred in fair condition upon the trunk of a young 
ash in the Forest near Chigwell Row. This lichen is known in Epping 
Forest in one station only, and its occurrence in Hainault is a good record. 
The mosses and hepatics found were of forms which are common in 
Epping Forest, Fissidens exilis being one of the most interesting species 
recorded. 
The two specimens of the Mycetozoa which were met with included a 
fine mass of Badhamia utricularis overspreading Stereum on a fallen tree 
trunk, and presenting both its yellow plasmodium and its mature dark- 
grey sporangia in abundance. 
Tea was taken at “ The Retreat,” on the margin of the woodlands, at 
5 o’clock, and was much appreciated by the party, after the physical dis 
comforts of the afternoon. 
The homeward journey was made from Grange Hill Station at 6.16 
o’clock. 
THE ORDINARY MEETING (500th MEETING) AND 
ANNUAL MEETING (501st MEETING. 
SATURDAY, 29TH MARCH I919. 
These Meetings were held at the Municipal Technical Institute, Rom¬ 
ford Road, Stratford, the President, Miss G. Lister, F.L.S., in the chair. 
56 Members and visitors were present. 
Mr. Stanley Austin, 43, Darenth Road, Stamford Hill, N.iG, was elected 
a Member of the Club. 
Miss A. Lorrain Smith, F.L.S., exhibited a fungus growing on a dead 
wasp. From the wasp’s body, near the head, grew a series of light 
