THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. IO9 



Rare, in woods ; Turner Wood and Bogden Clough, Rish- 



worth ; sparingly in Heptonstall Eaves ; in Elland Park 



Wood, but introduced with garden rubbish ; said to be 



still in North Dean Wood. 

 Allium ursinum, L. — 108. Garlic, Ramsons. 



Native. British type. P. May-June. 

 1867. Shibden, common. — /. Walker. 

 Common and abundant in woods throughout the district. 

 Scilla festalis, Salisb. — 112 (S. nutans, Sm.) Bluebell. 



Native. British type. P. Late April- early June. 

 1775. Thickets and hedges. — /. Bolton. 

 Woods near Halifax, common. — Herb. Leyland. 

 1867. Woods in Shibden, abundant. — J. Walhev. 

 Common and very abundant in woods throughout the parish. 

 [Colchicum autumnale. L. — 40. Meadow Saffron. 



Error for Crocus nudiflorus, q. v.] 

 Narthecium ossifragum, Huds.— 95. Bog Asphodel. 



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

 1775. In plenty on Warley, Sowerby, Soyland, and Nor- 

 land moors, in marshy places. — J. Bolton. 

 Norland Moor, very common. — Herb. Leyland. 

 1841. Barkisland Moor. — Herb. S. King. 

 1867. Norland Moor.—/. Walker. 



1888. Todmorden moors. — A. Stansfield and F. A. Lees. 

 Frequent on the moors on peat, but somewhat local in its 



distribution: Norland, Sowerby, Rishworth, Erringden, 



Saltonstall, and Wadsworth moors. 

 Paris quadrifolia, L. — 73. Herb Paris. One-berry. 



Native. British type. P. June. 

 1775. In North Dean Wood, towards Elland; Strang- 



stry Wood, near Rastrick ; in a clough near Upper 



Hollings, in Warley ; and in Common Wood near Coley. 



— J. Bolton. 

 1836. Turner Clough, Rishworth; bottom of North Dean; 



1837. Between Luddenden Church and Dean Mill. — 



Herb Leyland. 

 1832. Near Luddenden ; 1842. Opposite Peel House 



Mill, near Luddenden. — Herb. S. King. 

 Only now known at one station in Luddenden Dean, where 



it occurs very sparingly. 



