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NEW PLANT RECORDS FOR NORTH LANCASHIRE. 
Sul hy eo Be Bake 
Ulverston. 
On behalf of the recently formed North Lonsdale Field Club, 
1 give below a few new records. 
* Monotropa hypopetys L. Grange, 1907, W. Duckworth. 
New to the Lancashire portion of V.-C. 69; and the 
Westmorland record of many years ago has not been 
confirmed, I believe. Is recorded for W. Lancs. recently. 
* Epipactts atro-rubens Schultz. Grange, 1907, W. Duckworth. 
New to Lancashire portion of V.-C. 69. 
Habenaria viridis R.Br. Urswick, 1907. J. Dobson. 
New to the Furness area. On record for Cartmel, 
but no recent confirmation. 
Allium scorodoprasum L. Grange, 1907. W. Duckworth. 
New to Grange area. 
Colchicum autumnale L. Finsthwaite, 1907. E. T. Baldwin. 
Recorded 1805, Bot. Guide by Jas. Woods, Jnr. A 
little below Newby Bridge; on the left hand side of the 
road to Ulverston. Never confirmed. 
The first three species have been confirmed by Mr. Arthur 
Bennett, to whom my thanks are due. 
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