THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. I 27 



1862. Broadbottom, Mytholmroyd. — C.Eastwood; MiaWsFl. 



[Festuca sciuroides, Roth. — 104. (F. bromoides, Sin.) 

 Casual. British type. A. July. 

 1835. Skircoat Moor. — Herb. Ley land. 

 1844. — Luddenden Brook. — Herb. S. K.] 



Festuca ovina, L. — in. Sheep's Fescue. 



Native. British type. P. June-July. 

 1842. Var. tenuifolia, Hebden Bridge. — Herb. Gibson. 

 1844. Luddenden Brook. — S. King. 

 1867. Shibden and Ogden. — J.W. 

 Very common in pastures and on moor edges, and especially 



on grassy moors (var. tenuifolia, Sibth.), like Langfield, on 



shales and clayey soils. 



Festuca rubra, L. — 100. (F. duriuscula, "Linn." Sm.) 

 Native. British type. P. June- July. 

 Well Head. — Herb. Ley!. 1844. Luddenden. — S. King. 

 Common in meadows and sandy lanes. 



Festuca sylvatica, Vill. — 30. Wood Fescue. 

 Native. Scottish type. P. June-July. 

 1833. Lee Mill Scar, near Hebden Bridge ; 1837. Stanley 

 Clough, near Todmorden. — Herb. Levi. 



1840. In the Eaves at Heptonstall ; Stanley Clough. — 



Baines" Fl. Hirst Wood. — Herb Gibs. 

 1842. Nut Clough, near Hebden Bridge. — Herb. S. King. 

 1888. Stanelly Clough. — A. Stansfield ; Lees' Fl. 

 Rare, in wooded cloughs : High Green Wood, Heptonstall 



(H . T. Soppitt, 1895) 5 sparingly on shale in Norland 



Clough (H.T.S., 1897) '■> a ^ so on shale in Nut Clough and 



Stanelly Clough. 



Festuca elatior, L. — 95. Tall Fes:ue. 

 Native. British type. P. June- July. 

 Infrequent or unnoticed, both the type and varieties. 



Var. pratensis, Huds. Meadow Fescue. 



1832. Canal bank, near Mytholmroyd. — Herb. Gibs. 

 Savile Green. — Herb Leyland. 



1846. Roebuck's Farm, Luddenden. — Herb. S.K. 

 1867. In rather moist meadows and pastures, 

 Shibden.— -J.W. 



