68 THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 



1775. Sowerby, Norland, Soyland, Rishworth, Warley and 

 Skircoat Moors in plenty ; in Shaw-edge Wood in Soyland, 

 and Willow Hall Wood in Skircoat. — J.B. 



1835. Woods about Luddenden. — Herb. S.K. 



1867. Shibden, Shroggs Wood, Ovenden, Ogden.— J.W. 



Very common on all the moors and in many of the woods 

 and doughs from Elland Park Wood westwards. Often 

 the dominant feature, as on Widdop Moors, to the com- 

 parative exclusion of the heaths. 



Schollera Occycoccus, Roth. — 68. (Vaccinium Oxycoccos, L.) 



Cranberry. 



Native. British type. Shrub. June-August. 

 1775. Wet places on the moors in Warley, Sowerby and 



Rishworth.---J.£>. 

 Boggy moors near Halifax, frequent. — Herb. Leyland. 



1836. Rough-head Hey, Erringden; 1847. Castle Carr. — 

 Herb. S.K. 



Frequent in bogs on all the moors west of Halifax, except 

 perhaps Norland. 



ERICACE^l. 

 Arctostaphylos UYa-ursi, Spreng. — 34. Bearberry. 

 Native. Highland type. Shrub. May-June. 



1666. Four miles from Heptenstall, near Widdop, on a 

 great Stone by the River Gorlpe, in Lancashire. — C. Mer- 

 rett ; Pinax. The first record of this plant in Britain ; 

 Gorple lies in the parish and in Yorkshire. 



1805. At Heptonstall. — Rev. W. Wood; Botanists'' Guide. 



1835. Near Heptonstall. — Herb. S. King. 



1838. Hutchin Moor, near Todmorden. — Herb. Leyland. 



1840. It formerly grew in the Eavs at Heptonstall, but is 

 now eradicated. — Baines 1 Flora. 



It is doubtful if it still remains on the Gorple Stones ; a 

 search for it there this year was unsuccessful. 



Andromeda Polifolia, L. — 29. Bog-bell. 



Native. Intermediate type. Shrub. May-July. 

 1724. Blackstone Edge. — Ray's Syn. 



1775. Warley, Sowerby, Rishworth and Soyland moors, 

 and in some boggy places about half a mile below Fly 

 brass-lath in Warley. — -/. Bolton. 



