THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 



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PRIMULACEiE. 



Primula acaulis, L. — in. (P. vulgaris, Huds.) Primrose. 

 Native. British type. P. April-June. 



1841. Common about Luddenden. — Herb. S.K. 



Heptonstall Eaves. — Herb. Gibs. 1867. Shibden. — J. W. 



Now infrequent and becoming rarer every year by removal 

 to gardens. In fields, hedges and woods : Coley Beck, 

 Shibden, Cromwell Wood, Ogden, Luddenden Dean, 

 Crimsworth Dean, Hebden Valley, &c. 



Primula Yeris, L — 89. Cowslip. 



Native. British type. P. May-June. 

 Rare in the neighbourhood of Halifax. — Herb. Leyland. 



1867. In a meadow at Upper Shibden, not common. — J.W. 

 Now rare, perhaps never common : on Clover Hill, Halifax, 



as recently as 1885 ; Southowram, Cragg Vale, Erringden, 



Crimsworth Dean, &c. 



Lysimachia vulgaris, L. — 78. Yellow Loosestrife. 



Native. English type. P. July-August. 



Infrequent, only in the lower part of the main valley, by the 

 waterside : Tag Lock, Copley, Norland, Luddenden Foot 

 and Luddenden. First recorded 1887. 



Lysimachia Nummularia, L.— 70. Creeping Jenny. 

 Native ? English type. P. June-July. 



1775. In shady places along the margins of Warley 



Clough, on the Skircoat side. — /. Bolton. 

 1867. Luddenden Valley. — /. Walker. 

 Only known at present in Dean House Wood, Luddenden 



Dean, where it certainly may have been introduced. 



Lysimachia nemorum, L. — 109. Yellow Pimpernel. 

 Native. British type. May-August. 

 Woods near Halifax, very common. — Herb. Leyland. 



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

 Hirst Wood.— Herb Gibs. 1867. Shibden.— /. W. 



Common in moist woods, doughs and pastures throughout 

 the parish. 



Trientalis europsea, L. — 38. Chickweed Winter-green. 

 Native. Scottish type. P. June. 



