on September rst, records all species seen in flon-er on ... - Lundy

on September rst, records all species seen in flon-er on those dates.l,Iost of the above investigations ere in their prcliminary stagesand cannot be satisfactorily surnmarized, bLrt copies of all of thesemay be secn in the Hon. Secretan-'s office.A count of over z,5oo plants bv thc Harvev famil1- and lliss.f. Throu.er in August rg,1E at North Encl shorved that o.5 per centof plants of Calltma ttigaris rvere albino.liurther colonies of ByossicelLa "x'rightii have been noted b1' llr.\Viggins and llr. llorgan on the slopcs of Quarr-v Bar- and Halflvar.\\'all Bav, rvhile the recent cliff falls bett'een Lametr5' and themain islanci are being rapidlv re-colonized. These observationsconfirm that the Lundl't'abbage occurs on granite as rvell as onslate soils, and dispose of anv fears that it might be in danger ,,fextinction.Oplioglossutntulgahtm, u.ith its varietl pohpky,llos, is much morervidel,v spreard on the Island than is suggested by Eliiston \Vright'srecords. It cxtends frorn ncar North End as far south as tlieRockct Poncl, though most of it is in lliddle Park, especialll, nearthe Rouncl Torver. Botrychium, luttaritt llas not rediscoverecl in\\'riglrt': rrtlrer vrgrreh -defilredlocrlitr, but r lrtrgr palclt uusfound in the field north-r.r,est of the Old I-ight (OS z6), the positionof the colony having bccn chartecl.Lastlr', in viov of the need for soil anal1-ses in the interpretirtionof ecological relationships, soil samples ]rave bccn taken b1 llr.llorgan from some of the more important areas. Ther. have beenanail'sed b1'llr. J. Langmead, and fLill details arc lodged l-ith theSecretarl,. Thet' maY be summarizi:ci as follo"vs :The soil is acicl, the pH var\-ing from -1.9. to 6.o. The higliestacidity is dcveloped on the lilgin moorland, tire pastr-rre land beingless strongly acid, rvhilc the soils derived from the Dcr-onian slate-"are more nearh- neutral. The potash le.u'el, r'art'ing from zo to6o ppm of u'ater-solublc K, expressed as K2o, is higher than thatof comparable soils on the Devon mainland. The phosphatestatus is less satisfactory-, being belo'nr, r.o ppm ."r'ater-soluble P,expressed as P2o5. The onlv exceptions were :t samplc taken onan arable field nhich has presumablr- been manured, and t$'osamples from the East Sidings, in BrassiceLla habitats, rvherethe higher phospate content ma1 be dttc to manuring br birds.This has only been a prciin.rinarv sur\ e\-, and it is hoped t,r follon'up various special problems. The question of bird manrtling andthe chemical features of Brassicella habitats deserve attention,and it ma1' be of intcrest to investigate the cffect on the flcra ofcxperimental drcssings of lime ancl phosphate.Additic.,rr,s to tJte I-tutdt, Flora.r. Additions and amendm.ents to the list in " Ilfracombe Floraand Fauna," both from reliable iiterature and recent investigations.-).;

Ranuncttlus bulbostts L. Recorded Chanter and FD. ConfirmedHGII and EDW, in face of FRE\V's statement to the contrarv.Common over all southern half of the island.R. .l'icaria L. Recorded Chanter, confirmed H(,]I East Sidines,Caltha palu.stris L.Clteiyattthtts cheiyi L.Recorded FRE\\'.Recorded FD possiblr. an escape.Sinapis arl-eilsis L. Recorded Chanter and FRE\\:, confirmeclHGII and EDW llillcombe.I-eptdiunr. dyaba L. Found, ED\\', 1947(-Lrestium tetrandytnt C:urt. Recordecl FRE\\- and FI)Hvpericum hu,ntiftrsu,m \rahl. Forind HGII (Ident. checkcdED\\'), Iater br' IIG Tillage Field rg4fi.Snrctthamnus st'oparius 1.. .. L tt omitted IIiF.Poteriilla onseytrto L. Recordecl IrttE\\-. found HGll. ED\\'ll(i, -\bundant.I:piloLium obscttrtutt Schreb. Recorclcd tRIl\\'.Iltrltia l>erturin,u L. liotrnd ED\\-, South End.)[utyicaritt in,orJoru L. .. Ltt omittcd IIrF.Hierttt'itu.rt filosella I-.Itricu ciu,cyett L. Itecorcled FItE\\'.Ilccorded FRE\\-, founcl HGll.-lrmeria ntoyititrur \\'illd. " L t) ornittecl IFF. Thc nrostobr.ior-rs plant on the is1anc1.,Jrtagttllis tenelltt L. Recordeci FItE\\", found HGll, ED\\r.littt'ltrasitL occidetftalis \\'all. Recorded FRE\\'. One spe

Ilcliantltenttnn rt,turtnurlariurn L. Recorded Lo]'d, but seemsunlikelr- in vierv of the pH conditions.JIali'a moschata I.. Recorded Chanter. .\n unmistakableir\e,'iei hrrt recrrires modern conlirmation.Polerium o_ffit:inale Gra,t-. Ilecordecl Lor,'d. Again, pH conditionsmake it unlikelv.Rosa canina I-. Ilecoreplrts I'+ I-ist of T-ichenes, idcntified \\'\G, -\ugust rc;-18. No specificI-rrnriv records are listecl IFF.Ilu nttrlt n,a siliqttostt A. L.Snt.(-srtea.flLtrida\\'eb. On u'a1l south of Olcl Ligltt.Licltin,a con;l'irtis ^\g. -\bor.c I-errttcaria zone.( .t'pltditnt tutgttin,atts Trer'. (i') Quarrv Beach.Ittttt/toriu paristirta Th. Iir.I. PoLl'carPa Oltv.PJt_tst:ia t:iliaris DC. In nroist ct'evice, Ouarn' Bcaclr.[' ;ltlgertr ( Peltid eu) o pkt host \\'111d.P i I i g e r a ( It t t f> clt i ge r d J pol t' d u c t 1' I u Hof frn.I'. \l:ttptltigera) cattirttt \\-illd. (?) Otrarn']Jeach. -\hnost likea .lr'rr''s Ear {r-rngus.37

f.' eyyttcaria rnatrya \\,'ahienb.Cladonia pt, xidata Hoffm.C.coccifera \Yrl\d.I'e_ciog.ra;1>ha parasitica rl,dcl. parasitic on encrusting lichc,at North End.-Theyntutis t'elutina Th.Irr. (?) puarrv lJeach.Nomenclat're from A. Lorrain Sniith, ,, Rritish Lichens ,, r(12t.tlCHE\\'DFDIBP\\,HGIIIFFKpr' ro AeBRr,tlr..r'rrols :llrs. (tlare Harr.e\,. LAH I-. A. Harr.'ev.E. D. \\-ixeins]IG llarv Goddaid.I-lora of l)"trn.IfJ Ruth .feltcl'.F. R. Elliston \\rright. \\'AG \\i. A. GliddonH. G. Jlorgan.\\-ll^\ \\'. B. AlexanderIlfraconrbe'Floraancll.-aunaMISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON TERR,ESTR,IALINVER,TEBRATESfo the present, little sr-stemiltic ecological u,ork has been atteniDtedon the lancl and fresliu'ater habitats" oir*.ii'.^ i.r=.}]"".Hrsurve]-s have, how.er,'er, been macie, and a considerable amriunt ofcollecting h:rs grne on, somc of it ln sr.stcm:rtic fashion, much o{l1 d(SullorVAs a rcsult of generai olrserr-ations on thc Insccta in r947, H. (,llorgan reportecl, not as a srlr\-c\-, but us a gLricle for future u.ork :Apterygota, Thysanura. Tl-o.or tlrrcc, -sPccics prcselit.Collembola. l'arrh' nnmerou-s, both on l:rncl :rn(l onI he shore.Dermaptera. Present.Hemiptera, Heteroptera. _ Aquatic forms fairh, numcrous : sur_ver-ed in rgqT b-r H.G.}I., Jand-lir.ing forrns nor numerous.Homoptera. Aphides nLlmerous : several spccies notecl.and lurthel rvork proposea ly. U.C.U. Hoppers nri^merous, anclsevcral spccl(s \\-orth in\-estication.Plecoptera. \onc nored.pr-obablr-Ephemeroptera. None notecl in .lull,, and .\ugust ,present.Otgirfq., Scr-eral species noted, both adults and n1,mphs. This\\'oulcl be a compact and interesting group for ecoiogical stuclv.Neuroptera. None notecl ; almost certainll present.Mecoptera. None noteci.3E