THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 



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Lychnis dioica, L.— in. Red Campion. 

 Native. British type. P. May-July. 



1867. Woods on the banks of the Red Beck, Shibden — 

 J.W. 



Common, in hedges and all the woods and cloughs. 



Lychnis Flos-cuculi, L.— 112. Ragged Robin, Meadow 

 Pinks. 



Native. British type. P. June-July. 

 1 775- Plenty of it in a meadow at Willow Hall in Skir- 

 coat, in another near the Pond, and in a third at 

 Spoutfield, both in Sowerby. Sometimes it yields a 

 double flower.— J.B. 1867. Shibden.- J.W. 



Common by stream sides and in wet fields throughout the 

 Parish. 



Lychnis Githago, Scop. — 100. (Githago segetum, Desf.) 

 Corn Cockle. 



Colonist. British type. A June-September. 

 1844. Luddenden Brook damstones, — S.K. 

 ■ 1867. Cornfields, Upper Shibden.— J.W. 



Infrequent, in cornfields at Elland and Copley. But like 

 other colonists, it is in this district more of a casual with 

 corn refuse or on waste ground, as at Sterne Mill, 

 Hullen Edge, Colden Valley, Luddenden Dean, and 

 Skircoat Green. 



[Cerastium quaternellum, Fenzl.— 51. (Sagina erecta, 

 Huds.) 



Native, extinct. English type. A. May-June. 



1775. Dry hilly pastures and lane sides in Skircoat ; lane 

 between King Cross and Trimmingham, the Old Way ; 

 on Oak's Green near Rastrick ; on Sodhouse Green near 

 Illingworth.— J.B. 



Like other plants in Bolton's list, which are now unknown, 

 this is one of those that are found mainly in the South 

 of England, and rapidly thin out north of the Midlands 

 ("English type"). This class seems to be the most 

 susceptible to the influences which have altered the 

 Flora of Halifax since the last century. Compare 

 Thalictrum Jlavum. Similar causes have exterminated 

 C. quaternellum about Sheffield also, since 1798.] 



