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this plant. On Jul}^ 12th Mr. F. P. Balkwill collected specimens 
' ' of Chlora perfoliata, between Stratton and Laimceston. On August 
6th found, in company with Mr. Briggs, Hypericum linariifolium, 
' ' near Maristowe. This is one of our rarest plants ; and we felt glad at 
" having had an opportunity to confirm its continuance in this locality, 
where it had been discovered several years before by another of our 
" townsmen and associates, Mr. Goulding. On the same day we 
" gathered Scirpus Tabernwmontani, near Lophill. I am not aware 
that this plant has before been recorded as a native in this locality. 
" On August 18th found, at Cawsand, in company with Mr. Briggs, 
'^Antirrhinum Orontium ; at Rame Head, Juncus marittmus, Rosa 
rubiginosa, and Rosa spinosissima ; and near the Rame Preventive 
" Station, Lotas tenuis. Mr. F. P. Balkwill brought home to me, 
" on August 29th, some very luxuriant specimens of Veronica 
' ' Chamcedrys from Liskeard Churchyard, having the leaves distinctly 
" stalked, instead of sessile as they generally are in this species." 
Mr. T. R. A. Briggs has kindly offered to present to the Museum 
a number of Eggs of Devon Birds, principally collected by himself. 
This donation is likely to prove valuable, not only in itself, but as a 
nucleus for a much larger collection of Eggs of the Birds of both 
counties. Mr. Vicary, of Exeter, has also offered to present to the 
Museum a collection of Devon Minerals and Fossils. Both these for 
the present remain in the hands of their donors, until the repairs, 
&c., of the Museum are completed. 
In connection with Natural History, the following works may be 
mentioned as having been completed during the past year : — the first 
and second volumes of " The History of British Fishes," by our 
corresponding member, Mr. Jonathan Couch ; the first volume of 
" The British Sessile-eyed Crustacea," by our member, Mr. C. Spence 
Bate, in conjunction with Mr. J. 0. Westwood, the Oxford Hope 
Professor of Zoology ; and the Catalogue of the Amphipodous 
Crustacea of the British Museum, by Mr. C. Spence Bate. 
The Queen has been pleased to grant to two of our Members, Civil 
List Pensions, — to S. P. Tregelles, L.L.D., on account of his valu- 
able, labours on subjects connected with Biblical criticism, and to 
George Bartlett, in appreciation of his pursuit of the Natural and 
Physical Sciences during thirty- six years, resulting in the publication 
of many works. 
The exterior of the Athenteum, which has for some time past been 
much out of order, has been thoroughly repaired, and is now being 
repainted. 
An alteration in Law 57 was made at an adjournment of the An- 
nual Mooting. The Law now stands as follows : — 
Law 57. — "No law shall be enacted or variod except with the 
" consent of the majority of the Members present at the Annual 
" Meeting, and tlicn only after fourteen days' notice to each Member, 
"which notice sliall distinctly specify the nature of the proposed 
