THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 1 7 



Stellaria Holostea, L. — iog. Greater Stitchwort. 

 Native. British type. P. April-June. 



1852. Beaumont Wood, Erringden ; and Elland Park Wood, 

 — Halifax Museum Herb. 



1862. Grimescar Wood, Hollins Wood near Luddenden. — 

 MialVs Flora. 1867. Shibden.—/. W. 



Very common in woods and hedges. 



Stellaria graminea, L.— 109. Lesser Stitchwort. 

 Native. British type. P. June-August. 



1867. Upper Shibden. — J. W. 



Common, hedgebanks and streamsides: Walter Clough, 

 Hove Edge, Tag Lock, Stainland, Copley, Wheatley, 

 Ogden, Crimsworth Dean, Hardcastle Crags, &c. 



Stellaria uliginosa, Murr. — no. Bog Stitchwort. 

 Native. British type. A. May-July. 



1844. Luddenden Brook. — S. K. 



Common in wet and boggy ground: Sun Wood, Walter 

 Clougti, Ogden, Blackburn Valley, Cragg Vale, Crims- 

 worth Dean, Heptonstall, Stansfield, &c. 



Arenaria trineryia, L. — 100. Sandwort. 



Native. British type. A. End of April-July. 

 1837. Hedges opposite Sterne's Mill. — Herb. F. A . Leyland. 

 1852. Lane near Roolshead, Warley. — Halifax Museum. 

 Common in moist woods and hedgebanks: Lightcliffe, 



Elland Park Wood, Tag Lock, Barkisland, Soyland. 



Arenaria serpyllifolia, L. — no. 



Native. British type. A. June-August. 

 Rare, no record before 1895; wall-top, canal-side, Salter- 

 hebble. 



Sagina procumbens, L. — 112. Peariwort. 



Native. British type. P. May-September. 

 1844. Luddenden. — S. K. 1867. Shibden.—/. W. 

 Very common on damp walls and paths, even in the town. 

 Var. spinosa, S. Gibs. 



1840. Halifax, Shibden, Hebden Bridge, etc.— 5. Gibson 

 in Bailies' Flora. 



Gibson's variety, with "the edges of the leaves margined 

 with minute diaphanous spines" is perhaps the usual 

 here. 



