Yorkshire Naturalists at Selby. 21 



of oak woodland, and some small attempts have apparently 

 been made to introduce Spruce pines. Bracken covers prac- 

 tically the whole floor space, and it would be interesting to 

 know to what extent the Blue-bell grows here, only a few 

 fruit stalks being seen.* Mr. Burrell, F.L.S., and the writer 

 kept a sharp look out for mosses and hepatics by the invitation 

 of Mr. Musham, and appended are the species noted : — 



Tetraphis pcllucida. On dead wood. * 



Catharinea undulata. Exposed sand surface. 



Polytrichum piliferum. Heathy places. 



P. formosum. ,, 



Ceratodon purpureas. Wide spread. 



Dicranella heteromalla. Sand exposures. 



Campylopus pyriformis. Heath land. 



Dicranum scoparium. ,, 



Tortula muralis. Walls. 



Webera nutans. Heath land. 



Bryum argenteum. Roadside and made ground of reservoir 



top. 

 Mnium affine. Woodland floor. 

 M. hornum. 



M. undulatum. ,, 



Brachythecium albicans. Sandy heath land. 

 B. purum. Hedgerow bottom. 

 Eurhynchium prcelongum. Woodland. 

 Plagiothecium Borreriannm. Heath land. 

 P. undulatum. Woodland. 

 Hypnum cupressiforme. Tree boles. 

 Hylocomium squarrosnm. Heath land. 



Hepatic. 

 Lophocolea bidentata. Heath land. 



Those members who were ineligible to attend the meeting 

 of the General Committee were conducted through the Abbey 

 by the Rev. J. Solloway, D.D., who delivered a short address 

 on the architectural and other features of the building, and 

 also upon the various Monastic remains still in the town. 



The members of the General Committee assembled in the 

 Museum Hall under the chairmanship of the President, Mr. 

 W. N. Cheesman, J. P., F.L.S. The Hon. Secretaries presented 

 the Annual Report of the Union, which recommended the 

 following excursions for 1917 : — 



Newby Wiske Carrs, Saturday April 28th. 



Thorntondale or Pickering (Whit week-end), May 26th-28th. 



Market Weighton, Saturday June 16th. 



* The whole of the northern side is a solid expanse of colour during 

 the flowering season. — J. F. M. 



1917 Jan. 1. 



