24 THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 



Very common in woods. Frequently planted, but self-sown 

 seedlings in every stage of growth are to be met with in 

 old quarries and on waste stony ground. 



Acer campestre, L. — 62. Maple. 



Native. English type. Tree. May-June. 



1840. Sowerby Dean. — Herb. S. K. 



1867. Lee Lane and Upper Shibden. — -/. W. 



Infrequent, in hedges, and but rarely flowering. Mainly 

 confined to the east of Halifax : Lightcliffe, Shibden, 

 Walter Clough, Cromwell and Elland Park Woods, 

 Norland, and Midgley. 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



Genista anglica, L. — 86. Needle Furze. Cat Whin. 



Native. British type. Shrub. May-June. 

 1775. Warley, Sowerby, Rishworth, Soyland and Skircoat 



Moors.—/. B. 

 1842. Wadsworth Moor. — Herb. S. K. 



Norland Moor, etc. — Herb. F. A . Leyland. 



Infrequent, and now only found sparingly on Greetland, 



Norland, Sowerby, Erringden and Wadsworth Moors. 



[Genista tinctoria, L. — 76. Green-weed. "Wood-waxen." 



Native. English type. P. June-August. 



1775. Several fields about Rastrick, also in a field near 

 Elland Hall.—/. B. 



1819. In a field near Greetland. — Herb. F. A. Leyland. 



1862. Fixby Edge. — Midi's Flora. 



No recent record.] 



Ulex europseus, L. — 112. Furze. Gorse. Whin. 



Native. British type. Shrub. Feb.-May and Aug. -Oct. 

 1775. Skircoat, Norland, and Warley Moors; flowers 

 twice a year. In mild winters such as this, 1774-5, it has 

 flowered quite through, in Woodhouse Scar and upon 

 Skircoat Moor. — /. B. 



1 84 1. Between Mile Cross and Halifax. — Herb. S. K. 



1867. Upper Shibden. — /. W. 



Common on the less elevated moors, also found in open 

 woods and on roadside banks. Still on Skircoat Moor. 



