THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 53 



Frequent, in woods : Coley Beck, Elland Park Wood, 

 Norland Stream, Wade Wood, Rishworth, Cragg Vale, 

 Crimsworth Dean, Hardcastle Crags, Colden Clough, 

 Hippings Clough, Stanelly Clough, &c. 



Aspernla arvensis, L. 



Casual. July — September. 

 1843. Between Brighouse and Sowerby Bridge. — S. Gibson. 

 1896. Cunning Corner, Rishworth, on cotton waste. 



Sherardia aryensis, L. — 109. Field Madder. 



Colonist. British type. A. June — September. 

 In cornfields, not common about Halifax. — Herb. Leyl. 

 Rare, and usually on waste ground : W r heatley, Elland. 



VALERIANE.2E. 



Valeriana dioica, L. — 73. Marsh Valerian. 



Native. English type. P. End of May — June. 



Near Mixenden, in a boggy field near the brook. — Herb. 

 Ley land. 



Rare, in marshy ground : Gosport Clough, Stainland : 

 Hollock Lea, Cragg Vale ; Crimsworth Dean. 



Valeriana sambucifolia, Willd.— ? (V. officinalis, L.) 

 Valerian. 



Native. British type. P. June — August. 



1845. Between Sowerby Bridge and Elland, and in Shib- 

 den. — Med. Bot. Soc. 



1867. Abundant on margins of streams in Shibden. — J. W. 



Common in damp woods and stream-banks throughout the 

 parish. 



Valerianella olitoria, Poll. — 99. Lamb's Lettuce. 



Colonist. British type. A. May — July. 

 Washer Lane, near Halifax. — Herb. Gibson. 

 Rare, in cultivated or waste ground : Lightcliffe ; Tag 



Lock, Elland ; Copley. 



DIPSACE^I. 



Seabiosa succisa, L. — 112. Devil's bit. 



Native. British type. P. July — September. 

 1780. About Halifax. — •/. Bolton ; History of Fungusses, I. xv. 

 1839. Butterworth End, Norland. — /. Shepherd; Herb. Gibs. 



