THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 65 



Leontodon autumnalis, L. — no. Hawkbit. 



Native. British type. P. July-September. 

 1867. Shibden.— /. Walker. 



Very common, on waste ground, canal and river banks 

 and in fields. 



Taraxacum officinale, Web. — 112. Dandelion. 



Native. British type. P. February-November. 



1775. In plenty in the spring, almost in every field about 

 Halifax. — J.B. 



Very common in meadows and waste places : the feature in 

 some meadows towards the end of May. 



Var. palustre, DC. — 74. 



Frequent in wet ground near the moors : Wads- 

 worth, Erringden, Rishworth, Ogden, etc. 



[Lactuca saligna, L. — 9. '• The least wild Lettuce." 

 Unknown. P. Germanic type. 



1775. In a lane going from Lower Willow Hall to Ash- 

 worth Clough in Skircoat ; in Duel Lane and the Wet 

 Lane near Cliffe Hill, both in Warley. — J.B. 



In mistake for the following species. The true distribution 

 of the two was unknown at the time and Bolton, relying 

 on Hudson's statement that L. saligna was generally 

 distributed, and L. muralis only found near Hornsey, 

 concluded that the Halifax plant must be the former. 

 Compare the case of CEnanthe, p. 48.] 



Lactuca muralis, Fresen. — 69. Wall Lettuce. 



Native. English type. A or B. June-August. 

 Wet lanes, etc., near Halifax.—//^. Leyland. 

 1 841. About Luddenden, frequent. — Herb. S. King. 

 Frequent on old walls and shady rocks and banks : Elland 



Park Wood, Walter Clough, Salterhebble, Rishworth, 



Luddenden Dean, Cragg Vale, Crimsworth Dean, Colden 



Valley, Hippings Clough. 



Sonchus oleraceus, L. — in. Sowthistle. 



Native. British type. A. July-September. 

 1844. Luddenden. — S.K. 1867. Shibden Old Lane. — J.W. 

 Infrequent, in fields and waste ground: Elland, Salter- 

 hebble, Skircoat, Copley, Luddenden Foot. 



