212 Yorkshire Naturalists at Bridlington. 



At Boynton Church the party was met by Mr. Hannah, the 

 genial steward of Sir Walter Strickland's estate, who showed 

 them over the ancient structure. Big yew trees grow in God's 

 acre, and at its gate there is a tall bush of barberry, which, 

 although free from micro-fungi, had upon it one of the larger 

 sort, namely, Hirneola auricula-judcB (Jew's-ear fungus), a 

 species generally found on the elder. The village church and 

 hall of Boynton are embowered in and surrounded by trees, 

 many fine, big old samples of elm, beech, spruce, etc., being 

 seen. Exotic trees have been largely introduced, the monarch 

 of all being a fine specimen of spruce, Abies pectinata, estimated 

 to be about 112 feet in height, and it was certainly 13 feet in 

 circumference at 4I feet from the ground. Araucaria im- 

 hricata (monkey puzzle), Wellingtonia gigantea, walnut, varie- 

 ties of the horse chestnut, mulberry, etc., had flourishing 

 representatives in the woods and gardens. 



In a corner nearest to the hall, of the first fishpond visited, 

 a new station for another and interesting plant was discovered. 

 This was the common bladderwort, Utricularia vulgaris, 

 growing in the very clear water, probably of the springs which 

 supply the pond. (The elevation above sea level here is about 

 75 or 80 feet). In the ponds and on the margin, much shaded 

 by the somewhat dense arboreal vegetation, grew the white 

 waterlily {Castalia speciosa vel Nymphcea alba), Lysimachia 

 vulgaris, Rumex Hydrolapathum, Hippuris vulgaris, Potamogeton 

 natans, etc. Among the trees the hornbeam and the alder, 

 both in fruit, were noted. In the same woods the enchanters' 

 nightshade [Circcea lutetiana) Lysimachia nemorum. Cam- 

 panula latifolia, Scrophularia nodosa and 5. aquatica, were all 

 intermingled in the undergrowth, which included also the ferns 

 Aspidium filix-mas (the male fern), Athyrium filix fcemina 

 (the lady fern), the broad buckler [Lastrea dilatata), and the 

 prickly shield fern [Polystichum aculeatum). In the chalk- 

 gravelly glades of the higher portions of the woods there grew 

 profusely species like Spircea Filipendula, Viola silvestris, 

 Rumex acetosa, etc., with much earthnut, Conopodium denuda- 

 tum. 



Leaving the woods, the botanists reached the old road 

 known as Wold Gate, which led them over Font Bridge back 

 to Bridlington. By the road side a field of rye had just shot 

 its first ears. The hedgerows here were very big with dense 

 growth of hawthorn, bullace, gorse and crab ; and, for the 

 first time in the district, was found a single tree of the wild 

 pear, Pyrus communis. A chalk roadside plant, the large 

 woolly-headed thistle {Cnicus eriophorus) grew plentifully. 



Whit Monday was spent rambling over and inspecting 

 the natural history capabilities of Flamborough Headland. 

 At the station the visitors divided into two parties, one for 



Naturalist, 



