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of the middle oolite, there were noticed some plants characteristic 
of the district. Very fine was Cerastium arvense, a pronounced 
xerophile, commoner in the East Riding of Yorkshire than we 
have seen anywhere else. A few yards down Drewton lane a 
sedge that we do not often gather hereabout—Carex muricata— 
made its appearance. Five or six old walnut trees still flourish 
and fruit near the Manor House. The marshy springs in 
Weedley dale yielded several more sedges, including C. paludosa 
and C. rostrata, together with the allied cotton grass Eriophorum 
latifolium. On the chalk banks near the springs some good 
finds were made, notably Bryonta dioica, Galium mollugo, 
Atropa Belladonna (in flower), Verbascum Thapsus, and Hyoscya- 
mus niger (Henbane, also in flower). 
Ascending the Wold and going southward, a few of the first 
flowering plants of Campanula glomerata were noted. Lpztpactis 
latifolia grew in the beech wood traversed; whilst ‘ Dicky 
Strakers’ Lane was festooned with the first flowering sprays 
of Rosa canina. Rosa arvensis was there in even greater 
quantity than the former species of wild rose, and was abun- 
dantly budded, although not a single flower was seen open. 
Amongst the briars and hawthorn of the hedges the shining 
green leaves and flowers of the black bryony (Zamus communts) 
were conspicuous. 
Amongst cultivated forms it was a treat to visit the well- 
ordered grounds and rose-embowered gardens at Cave Castle, 
the guidance of the genial head-gardener, Mr. Curtis, being 
much appreciated. In the pond, the yellow and white water- 
lilies were flowering profusely, but not yet the small water 
lily-like plant Lzmnanthenum peltatum. 
Fune1.—Mr. C. Crossland writes :—The route laid out by 
Mr. J. F. Robinson and Dr. Wilson proved a most excellent 
one. Evidently they had calculated the limited time at the 
disposal of the members. There was no need for rush; it 
suited the mycologists admirably ; in fact, it might have been a 
mycological excursion, for each one took an interest in this 
branch, and picked up something or other. In the bottom, at 
the Springs near the railway, there was a typical collecting 
ground. A few very interesting species were met with, includ- 
ing Clasterosportum fungorum, a little black mould which lives 
on species of Corticium ; this had only one previous record for 
Yorkshire. There are six records new to the S.E. division 
marked * in the list below. Most of the species found are of 
fairly common occurrence ; still, it is well to know they were 
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