CUPULIFERS. 961 
Var. sessilifiora (Salisb.) Gem of the Peak, 1845. B.L. Rec. 1884, 105. 
Native. B. Not uncommon. 
Gl. Near the Snake Inn; near Ashopton; Hathersage. 
G2. Whatstandwell, B. ¢ N., J.B. Baslow. 
C. Cordwell, near Unthank; Hardwick Wood; Moor Lawn Coppice, Holy- 
moorside; Calow; Duckmanton; Dale. 
Tl. Mickleover, Bindley. Shirley Wood. 
T2. Breadsall, Whittaker, C.D. 
T3. Scarce about Calke, Purchas, J.B. 
In Derbyshire the three varieties of Quercus are connected by a series of 
intermediates, so that, however accounted for, the actual phenomena present us 
rather with three groups of forms of one species, 
CASTANIA Z. 
*C. sativa Will. Edible or Sweet Chestnut. C. vulgaris Lam. 
Alien. Woods, plantations. Rather rare. T. May-June. 
Records, Crewe & Whittaker, 1864; Wild Fl. Rept., 1866. 
Gl. Ashopton. 
G2. Chatsworth Park, planted, Baker, J.B. 
Tl. Bradley; Shirley, planted. 
T2. Breadsall, etc., introduced, Crewe d: Whittaker. 
T3. Bretby, Gibbs. Near Newton Solney, Burkill, C.D. Repton Park, 
Wild Fl. Rept. 
FAGUS J. 
F. silvatica L. Beech, 
Native. E. Woods, limestone dales, hedges. Frequent. T. March-April. 
First record, Pilkington, 1789. 
L. Wild looking in the limestone woods of the Via Gellia, B. & N., J.B. 
Woods up to 400 yards [Buxton], Baker, J.B. 
Gl. Bugsworth to New Mills, Rogers. Chapel-en-le-Frith, Searle, C.D. 
Edale. 
G2. Milltown, Ashover, Bailey, C.D. Lea Mill, Cromford, Painter, Natt. 
Baslow. 
C. About Renishaw, Waterfall. 
Tl. Kedleston, C.D. Shirley. 
T3. Not truly wild [about Calke}], Purchas, J.B. Burton-on-Trent, Harris, 
C.D. Repton Park, Wild Fl. Rept. 
