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 NOTES ON THE FLORA OF RIBBLE-CRAVEN. 



JOSEPH FRY PICKARD. 



Residence for a few weeks of bad weather in August of this 

 year at Overdale, Settle, enabled me to bring together a few 

 notes which supplement the knowledge afforded by the books, 

 etc., dealing with the area. One at least emphasises the fact 

 that in undisturbed ground, plants may miss flowering for a 

 season, but only very, very slowly ' miff ' out altogether, 

 although, a tramper over their sites may well miss spotting 

 them nine years out of ten. I made acquaintance with Mr. 

 H. H. Sturdy, of Settle, well ' posted up ' in the usual species 

 characteristic of the region. Under his direction, and ako of 

 my own observation, I made a number of interesting ' finds,' 

 and in one or two instances proved the long persistence of 

 varieties, thought to be extinct, in situations further from the 

 beaten track. 



Berberis vulgaris, bushes, probably bird-sown, at Sannet 

 Gill, above Stainforth, and near Bolton-by-Bowland. 



Armaria verna, sparingly on the Moughton limestone, 

 probablv due to the scarcitv of lead in the formation hereabouts. 



Ar en aria gothica, still in some scattered plenty about 

 Crummock plate limestone, together with Sedum villosum 

 which likes wet, and quantities of Sagina nodosa ; but all of 

 dwarf stature this year. 



Acer cam pest re, apparently rare, but in evidence in hedges 

 near Bolton-by-Bowland. 



PotentiUa procumbens, rather plentiful where the moory 

 sand comes in, near Wigglesworth. 



PimpineUu major, very characteristic of the hedge banks 

 in the Wigglesworth district. 



Galium moll H go, var. Stockdale Roadside, over Settle, 

 qoo ft. Dr. Lees has dealt with this in The Naturalist for 

 October. The type is to be seen about Horton and Settle, on 

 road banks without hedges. 



Inula dysenterica , a tall clump on hill-slope, above Sannet 

 Gill, on sandy shales ; an unusual site, for a pelophile ; and 

 curiously enough Mr. Shuffrey of Arncliffe, has placed on 

 record a similar ecadic occurrence above Hawkswick, in the 

 fall of another river-basin. 



Campanula rapunculoides. By Stainforth Beck, in one 

 place ; first record for Ribble, showing the vigorous tendencies 

 of creeping-root species, that can store up nutriment and 

 survive dislocations. 



Gentiana Pneumonanthe. Local observers who cover the 

 ground at intervals through a year always upturn the most 

 varieties. Mr. Sturdy confirms The Naturalist of igio (p. 



1917 Nov. 1. 



