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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND OBSEKVATIONS. 
Botany. 
Flowering Plants observed in Hertfordshire during the years 1884 
and 1885.—I am sorry to have to report that during the past two 
years I have received very few records of the rarer plants occurring 
in Hertfordshire. In 1884 seven species were recorded by Mr. 
A. E. Griffith, of Sandridge ; one by Miss K. Chennells, of Wheat- 
hampstead ; one by Mr. Hopkinson, of Watford; and two by myself. 
In 1885 I have had records from a Bedfordshire botanist only, 
Mr. James Saunders, of Luton, who sends a list of eleven plants he 
has found in the north-west corner of Hertfordshire. I trust that 
during the present year members of our Society who take an 
interest in botany will not fail to send me a list of the rarer plants 
they may observe in their country walks. The following are the 
plants recorded, arranged as in previous reports :—■ 
Aquilegia vulgaris. —Corn-fields, Lilley.— Saunders. 
Stellaria graminea .—Hear Smallford Station.— Griffith. 
Melilotus alba .—Gravel-pit between Bushey Mill and Watford.— 
Hopkinson. 
Astragalus hypoglottis. —Lilley Hoo.— Saunders. 
Hippocrepis comosa. —Caddington Downs.— Saunders. 
Vida lutea. —Railway-bank, Berkhamsted.— Griffith. 
Lythrum hyssopifolium. —Putteridge (casual).— Saunders. 
Parnassia palustris. —Hear the Lea, Cold Harbour.— Saunders. 
Galium cruciatum. —Hear Cheapside Parm, Sandridge.— Griffith. 
Campanula glomerata. —Meadow near Marford Bridge.— Griffith. 
Pyrola minor .—Woods near Market Street.-— Saunders. 
Vinca mmor.—Hear Bricket Wood. 
Cuscuta trifolii .—Battler’s Green Farm. 
Hyoscyamus niger .—Wheathampstead Hill (in great profusion).— 
Hiss Chennells. 
Lathrea squamaria. —Hear a farm-house west of Redbourn.— 
Griffith. 
Mentha sylvestris. —East Hyde.— Saunders. 
Ajuga chamcepitys .—Chalky field, Hexton Hills.— Saunders. 
Scutellaria galericulata. —Hear Wheathampstead.— Griffith. 
Holtonia palustris .—Pond near railway south of Hatfield Station. 
— Griffith. 
Spiranthes autumnalis. —Chalk hills, Hexton.— Saunders. 
Fpipaetis latifolia, var. purpurata. —Hear Symonds Hyde Woods.— 
Griffith. 
Butomus umbellatus .—By the Lea, East Hyde.— Saunders. 
—[ Miss\ Ada Selby , Battler's Green , Aldenham. 
Araucaria imbricata bearing Cones. —In 1885 there were many 
letters in the ‘ Times ’ and other London papers speaking of 
Araucaria imbricata having borne cones, as if it were a remarkable 
occurrence, and it was thought to show a very mild climate. 
Reference was made to some in the Isle of Wight and in Devon- 
