FUMARIA CAPREOLATA, var. PALLIDIFLORA.-Hedge near Poolton. H. F. and F. M. W. SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS.-Wall near Prenton Hall. H. F. and F. P. M. Railway banks near Hightown Station. H. F. and F. M. W. VIOLA ODORATA.-Near Upton Village on road to Moreton. Miss Cooke. HYPERICUM ELODES.-Side of a large pit on Oxton Heath, above Noctorum Farm, July, 1858. F. M. W. and Dr. Collingwood. GERANIUM COLUMBINUM.-Near Queen's Ferry. H. F. IMPATIENS NOLI-ME-TANGERE.-Mount's Wood, near Prenton. Mr. Price. Lane at Oxton. Mr. Price and Dr. Wright. GENISTA ANGLICA.-Left hand side of lane from Hale road to shore by Dungeon. F. M. W. Near Barnstone. H. F. and F. M. W. MEDICAGO DENTICULATA.-A single plant by side of Upton road, near Claughton Village, July, 1859. F. M. W. MELILOTUS ARVENSIS.-Seaforth. H. F. By Bromborough Pool Candle Works. Mr. Hatcher. On a piece of waste ground by railway crossing Birkenhead Docks. F. M. W. MELILOTUS VULGARIS.-Macadamized road, Claughton, 1858. H. F. Together with the last by Birkenhead Docks. F. M. W. ORNITHOPUS COMPRESSUS.-A south of Europe plant, with the above on ballast heaps, Birkenhead Docks. H. F. and F. M. W. TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM.-Crosby sand-hills. H. F. Near Arrow Brook, Cheshire. F. M. W. and H. F., and near Knotty Ash. H. F. (Sown in some places as fodder, and escaped from cultivation.) TRIFOLIUM STRIATUM.-Plentiful by road side, near Arrow Brook, Cheshire. H. F. and F. M. W. A single plant at top of Back Lane, at Wallasey, 1858. F. M. W. Rainhill. H. H. H. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE.-White flowered var., near Hoylake. B. Cooke. Plentiful in a field in Ness. F. M. W. TRIFOLIUM REPENS.-Proliferous variety, common. LOTUS CORNICULATUS, var. TENUIS.-Moist piece of ground near Huyton Quarry. F. M. W. AGRIMONIA ODORATA.-Brought by herbalists to market from Southport. H. F. POTENTILLA ARGENTEA.-Shrewsbury road, Claughton Village, a single plant. F. M. W. ROSA SABINI.-Small heath near Bebington Station. F. M. W. and H. F. ROSA VILLOSA.-Is a common plant in Cheshire. ENOTHERA BIENNIS.-Near Leasowe Castle. F. M. W. Brighton. H. F. ALTERNIFOLIUM.-Pond near New CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM.-Plentiful in ditch at Bidston Marsh. F. M. W. BRYONIA DIOICA.-Hedge, Ditton Marsh. W. Hitchmough. COTYLEDON UMBILICUS.-Plentiful and fine on walls about Noctorum Farm. F. M. W. CICUTA VIROSA.-Abundant in a pond at Ellesmere. Mr. Bennett. EGOPODIUM PODAGRARIA.-Abundant in a small plantation opposite lodge to residence of W. Jackson, Esq., M. P., Claughton. F. M. W. ŒNANTHE LACHENALII.-Ditches near Leasowe Lighthouse. F. M. W. ENANTHE PHellandrium.-Lane from Hale road to Old Hut, in a pit on left hand side. F. M. W. CONIUM MACULATUM.-Plentiful at Ellesmere Port. Mr. Bennett. FEDIA DENTATA.-Field near Woodchurch, again near Ness, and in other places. F. M. W. CARDUUS ACANTHOIDES.-Road side before coming into Hoylake.-H. F. and F. M. W. CARDUUS MARIANUS.-Waste ground near warehouses, Birkenhead. H. F. (Outcast.) CENTAUREA CALCITRAPA.-Near the railway crossing Birkenhead Docks, 1858 (at present there?); probably, in this instance, a ballast plant. CONVOLVULUS SOLDANELLA.-Shore below Dee Inn, West Kirby. F. P. Marrat and I. Byerley. SYMPHYTUM OFFICINALE.-Plentiful at Ellesmere Port. Mr. Bennett. MELAMPYRUM PRATENSE, var. MONTANUM.-Hills in the neighbourhood of Frodsham. Miss Johnson. PEDICULARIS PALUSTRIS.-White flowered variety, moist ground below Flaybrick Hill. Very sparingly. F. M. W. LIMOSELLA AQUATICA.-Margin of Raby mere. H. F. OROBANCHE MINOR.-Speke, on clover. W. Hitchmough. Clover field, Litherland Moss. H. F. ORIGANUM VULGARE.-Near Hightown Station. H. F. and F. M. W. (Outcast.). . SCUTELLARIA MINOR.-Ditch on Thurstaston Hill in direction of Irby Windmill. F. M. W. and H. F. Marshy piece of ground at commencement of Bidston Heath. NEPETA CATARIA.-Near Mollington, plentiful. H. F. LAMIUM MACULATUM.-Occurs in several localities, but always as an outcast. LITTORELLA LACUSTRIS.-Abundant on Frankby mere. H. F. and F. M. W. POLYGONUM BISTORTA.-Field by side of West Park road, Claughton. F. M. W. EUPHORBIA LATHYRIS.-Corn field, Sankey Green. C. S. Gregson. GYMNADENIA CONOPSEA.-Field by which the pathway from Hoylake to West Kirby passes. H. F. and F. M. W. CONVALLARIA MAJALIS.-Fir plantation between Egremont and New Brighton. H. F. ALLIUM VINEALE.-Hale. C. S. Gregson. ARUM MACULATUM.-Prenton Wood. H. F. and F. P. Marrat; and about Noctorum and Woodchurch. F. M. W. ACORUS CALAMUS.-Plentiful at Ellesmere Port. Mr. Bennett. POTAMOGETON OBLONGUS.-Margin of a pit on Oxton Heath. F. M. W. (Will probably prove frequent.) ELEOCHARIS UNIGLUMIS.-Sevenpits, Aintree. H. F. POA RIGIDA.-Plentiful on shore below Heswall. BOTRYCHIUM LUNARIA.-Very fine in a field behind Mr. Curry's house, at Claughton Village, and occurs. sparingly on a heathy piece of ground by side of Upton Road, a little past Claughton Village. F. M. W. PILULARIA GLOBULIFERA.-Pit on Oxton Heath, above Noctorum Farm. F. M. W. and H. F. LYCOPODIUM INUNDATUM.-Moist places, Oxton Heath, where the turf has been cut. F. M. W. LYCOPODIUM SELAGO.-Heswall Hill, (sparingly.) H. F. and F. M. W. Dr. COLLINGWOOD also submitted the following list of rare plants and new habitats, discovered in his excursions with his Botanical Class, during the summer session of 1860 RANUNCULUS LINGUA.—Raby. MALVA MOSCHATA. Raby. GERANIUM SANGUINEUM.-Caldy. HELOSCIADIUM INUNDATUM.-Wallasey Marsh. CAMPANULA LATIFOLIA.-Hale. GENTIANA PNEUMONANTHE.-Raby. CONVOLVULUS SOLDANELLA.-New Brighton Sand-hills. VERONICA MONTANA.-Ainsdale. PINGUICULA VULGARIS.—Raby. PARIETARIA OFFICINALIS.-Crosby. Mr. F. P. MARRAT submitted the following list of Mosses from new localities, several of which were gathered during the excursions of the Naturalists' Field Club : GYMNOSTOMUM TENUE, Schrad.-(Slender beardless moss.) Wils. T. 7. On the wall supporting the north bank of the railway between DESMATODON NERVOSUS, Br. and Schrad.-(Thick-ribbed Desmatodon.). On a wall at West Kirby, fruit young in November. New to this district. F. P. M. HEDWIGIA CILIATA, Hed.-(Hoary branched beardless moss.) Wils. T. 6. On the wall between Bromborough Village and the stile road leading to Eastham Ferry, The plant is now growing here, October, 1860. RACOMITRIUM Aciculare, Brid.—(Dark mountain fringe moss.) Wils. T. 19. On a dry wall between Hooton Station and Willaston, in |