THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 3 1 



Prunus Padus, L.— 68. Bird Cherry. " Hagberry." 



Native. Scottish type. Tree. April-June. 

 1775. Allen's Wood in Norland; North Dean bottom in 



Greetland ; hedges about Copley-holms in Skircoat. 



Called here Hagberry. — J.B. 

 1837. Bottom of North Dean. — Herb. Leyland. 

 1840. Very abundant near Halifax. — Baines Flora. 

 1842. Frequent about Luddenden. — Herb. S.K. 

 1867. Elland Wood.— J.W. 

 1879. Hebden Valley.— F. A. Lees. 1888. About Todmor- 



den, many places.— A. Stansfield ; Lees Flo. 

 Frequent in wooded doughs : other stations are Elland Park 



Wood, Norland Clough, Blackburn Valley, Sowerby, 



Rishworth. 

 Spiraea Ulmaria, L.--112. Meadow-sweet. 



Native. British type. P. Late June-August. 

 1775. All along the borders of Warley Clough.— J.B. 



1844. Luddenden Brook. — Herb. S.K. 



1845. Near Scout Hall, Shibden ; near Shibden Hall ; 

 Shaw Syke.— Med. Bot. Soc. 



1867. Banks of Red Beck, Shibden.—/. Walker. 

 Common on stream sides, wet places in woods and doughs, 



and in moist meadows: still at Shaw Syke in 1886. 

 [Spiraea Filipendula, L. — 63. Dropwort. 



Native? Extinct. English type. P. June-July. 

 1775. Only in a bank belonging to Hill in Warley, on the 



right hand side of the new turn-pike road going from 



Halifax to Burnley, very near the second milestone from 



Halifax.— J.B. 

 1840. In a lane near the second milestone on the road from 



Halifax to Luddenden Foot. — Baines' Flora. 

 A rare and diminishing species in West Yorkshire. It 



seems likely that Baines' received his information from 



Leyland or Gibson, but there is no local specimen in their 



Herbaria] . 

 Rubus idaeus, L- no. Raspberry. 



Native. British type. P. June. 

 1775. Steps Wood in W r arley, Allen's Wood in Norland, 



and along the hedges in Woodhouse fields in Skircoat. — 



J.B. Common. — Herb. King, Gibson and Leyland. 



1845. "Hindberry" grows in Ovenden Wood, Elland 



Wood, and Beacon Hill side. — Med. Bot. Soc. 

 1867. Woods on banks of Red Beck, Shibden.— J.W, 



