THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 1 3 



Less frequent than the preceding, but in similar situa- 

 tions : Shaw Syke, and Queen's Road, Halifax, Pellon, 

 Skircoat, Sterne Mill, Elland. 



Yiola lutea, Huds. — 64. Yellow Mountain Pansy. 

 Native. Scottish type. P. June-August. 



1724. Halifax. — Ray's Syn. iii. 



1775. In plenty in the fields about Illingworth ; upon 

 Beacon Hill, near Halifax, though sparingly ; in rough 

 pastures about Clough-head in Warley. — J.B. 



1841. Fields about the bottom of Ogden Clough. — Herb. 

 S.K. 



1862. Beacon Hill. — •/. Bates. Illingworth ; Warley. — 

 Midi's Flora. 



1867. Swales Moor, Shibden ; Mixenden towards 

 Ogden.— J. W. 



It is still plentiful about Ogden, Illingworth, and Mixen- 

 den Ings. 



POLYGALEJE. 



Polygala vulgaris, L.— 79. Milkwort. 



Native. British type. P. May-August. 



Much rarer than the next species. Mr. T. W. Woodhead, 

 of Huddersfield, sends me a specimen of true vulgaris 

 from pastures at Fixby (1893), which is at present the 

 only authenticated example, but closer examination will 

 distinguish it from the following in other localities. 



Polygala serpyllacea, Weihe — 91. (P. depressa, Wend.) 

 Milkwort. 

 Native. British type. P. May-August. 

 1775. Skircoat Moor; Snakehill, near Halifax; Warley 

 Moor.— J.B. 1842. New Laithe, Warley.— Herb. S.K. 



1867. Shibden.— J.W. 



Common in hilly pastures and rough ground on the edge 



of the moors. The older records are all under the name 



of the aggregate P. vulgaris. 



C ARYOPHYLLE-E 



Saponaria Vaccaria, L. 



Alien. June-August. 

 It has been noted nearly every year since 1887 on waste 



