THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 3 



1844. Luddenden Brook. — S. K. 1867. Shibden. — J. W. 

 Very common in wet and waste ground, &c. 



Ranunculus bulbosus, L,— 102. Buttercup. 

 Native. British type. P. May-July. 



1775. All the fields about Lower Willow Hall, in Skir- 

 coat. It is double in some fields about Well Head, near 

 Halifax.— 7. B. 



1867. Shibden.— J. W. 



Frequent in meadows. The double form is common near 

 Watkinson Hall, Ovenden. 



Ranunculus arvensis, L.— 68. 



Colonist. English type. A. May-July. 



1832. Lane House garden, Luddenden; also near Hali- 

 fax.- Herb. S. K. 



1840. Lightcliffe and Hipperholme. — Baines' Flora. 



Rare, and more a casual on mill refuse, as at Sterne Mill, 

 Elland, and Tag Lock, than as a colonist in cornfields 

 at Shibden. 



Ranunculus Ficaria, L. — no. Pilewort, Lesser Celandine. 



Native. British type. P. March-May. 

 1775. Warley Clough, and in many fields near Halifax. 



Sometimes with a double flower which produces seeds. — 



J.B. 

 1844. Lane House Farm. — Herb. S. K. 



1867. Shibden.- J. W. 



Very common in damp woods, hedge banks, and fields. 



Caltha palustris, L. — 112. Marsh Marigold, "Water 

 Blobs," " King Cups." 



Native. British type. P. March-May. 

 1775. In the meadows about Salterhebble and Bankhouse 



in Skircoat, and in several marshy places about Warley 



Clough. Sometimes found with double flowers.—/. B. 

 1842. Hive House Clough, Warley.— //^. 5. K. 

 1867. Dam Head, and Salterlee, Shibden. — J. W. 

 Common in marshy places and by stream sides, in all the 



valleys. 



Trollius europseus, L.— 63. Globe flower. 

 Native. Scottish type. P. June. 



