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Along the embankment and in this cutting several interesting 
plants were collected, amongst which may be mentioned the field 
cerast (Cerastium arvense) not before recorded from here, and the 
Nottingham catchfly (Silene nutans), for which the only station in 
the county hitherto on record is an old wall in Dagnall Street, 
St. Albans, where it was growing in 1820 , but from which it has 
long since disappeared. 
On leaving the line a green lane was taken for a short distance, 
and then the fields were crossed to Harpenden, and at Harpenden 
Hall the members of the two Societies were hospitably entertained 
at tea by Dr. and Mrs. Maclean, to whom thanks were accorded 
on the proposition of Mr. Hopkinson on behalf of the Herts 
Society, seconded by Mr. Cameron on behalf of the Bedfordshire 
Society. 
Field Meeting, 16th June, 1888. 
JBKOXBOURNE and HODDESDON. 
From Broxbourne Station the party, under the direction of Mr. 
H. Warner, proceeded by way of the beech avenue to Baas Hill, 
passing the quaint old Manor House of Baas, which has been 
converted into a cottage; thence by Camel’s Green (formerly 
Cardinal’s Green) to St. John’s Well, across the fields to the Berk- 
hampstead Boad, and by a cross-road into the Brickendon Boad. 
These roads run through double avenues of fine beech trees. 
On Broxbourne Common a pond furnished a number of plants 
of the bladder wort (Utricular ia vulgaris) of interest for its car¬ 
nivorous propensities. The Common was left by the Boman Boad, 
now called Elbow Lane, and, passing through Hoddesdon Great 
Wood, the party arrived at Bose Hill, Hoddesdon, the residence 
of the President, Mr. F. M. Campbell, F.L.S., who very kindly 
provided refreshments. After a ramble through the picturesque 
grounds of Bose Hill, the party dispersed. 
The specimens collected were named by Mr. A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., 
Mr. T. B. Lowne, F.L.S., and Mr. J. B. Yaizey, F.L.S. 
The following is a list of the mosses, furnished by Mr. Gibbs. 
Acrocarpi. 
Weissia cirrhata, Hedw. 
Dicranella heteromalla , Hedw. 
Dicranum scoparium , L. 
Ceratodon purpureum , L. 
Weber a nutans , Schreb. 
Mnium undulatum , Hedw. 
,, hornum , L. 
Aulacomnium palustre , L. 
Atrichum undulatum , L. 
Pleurocarpi. 
NecJcera complanata , L. 
Thuidium tamariseinum , Hedw. 
Homolothecium sericeum , L. 
JBrachythecium albicans , Neck. 
,, rutabulum , L. 
j Eurhynihecium striatum , Schreb. 
,, preelongum , Dill. 
Rhynchostegium confertum , Dick. 
Amblystegium serpens , L. 
Hypnum cupressiforme , L. 
„ cuspidatum, L. 
,, purum , L. 
Hylocomium squarrosum , L. 
Mr. Gibbs also records the finding of the scale-mosses Ricciella 
jluitans, L., and Cephalozia bicuspidata , L., and the lichen Parmelia 
L. 
Cladocarpi. 
Fontinalis antipyretica , 
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