248 Xorthcni Xcivs. 



(yellow spurred), Poh'riiini saiii>iiis(ir{)ii ; four plantains — - 

 PUnitago lanceolata^ P. media, P. 7narUim<i, and P. Corouopus : 

 two bedstraws — Galium venim and G. saxatile ; tog'ether with 

 Thrift {Armeria), Spiriea Fill pr 11 (in /a, and wild Thyme. 

 Dotted here and there in the j^rass Opliioglossum vulgutum 

 was noted. The ordinary scur\\- j^rass, Cochlearia officinalis, 

 tojjfether with Matricaria maritima and a flesh \ -leaved form of 

 Lotus cortiiculatus was common on and near the cliff edg'e. On 

 earthen and turf-made fences near North Sea Landinj^ one 

 tiny grass — Aira prcecox — was noted for the first time in this 

 locality. 



Of watery places, of which there are a few in the shape of 

 small ponds, and even small brooklets in the Flamborough 

 district, there was nothing- special to note except the occurrence 

 of Ranunculus hedcraccus, Pinguicula vul^-aris, and Triglocliin 

 palustre, all in flower. A clayey cattle-pond near Flamborough 

 village was white over with the snowy flowers of Ranunculus 

 floribundusy whilst the smaller-flowered R. Drouetti affected 

 other parts, and Slum angusti/oluin with Scirpus palustris, one 

 small beck. 



\'ery exhaustive lists of the flowering- plants generally 

 were handed to the writer by Re\ . F. H. Wood and Mr. 

 J. J. Marshall, from which a very complete florula of Flam- 

 borough Head could be made ; and, whilst it would not discover 

 any great rarity, yet it would always be interesting if for 

 nothing else but completing the more thorough botanical survey 

 of an otherwise noted portion of the broad-acred shire. 



Mosses and Hefatics. — Mr. J. J. Marshall writes : — So 

 far as I can gather we found twenty-two Acrocarpous Mosses, 

 twenty Pleurocarpus Mosses, and six Hepatics. 



The soil was too dry to yield a good haul, and the shady 

 baiiks of Danes' Dyke proved the best collecting ground. 

 The following are the best plants noticed : — Hymoiosfomuni 

 gvninostontuni. Scligci itt paucifolia, S. calcarca, Dicrano-Wcissia 

 cirrliata, Barbula lurida, B. hrcvifolia, Orthotrichuni pulchcllum, 

 Anib/vstci^iuni clirvsoplirlhini, Fissidcns cxiguus, F. viridulus. 



T. S. 

 Po be continued. 



The Rii)()ii Coiporatioii is liDltl'mt;- ;i nii-.it liistoiical festival in July toi- 

 till' ))iii-p()sc of raisiiii;- ftiiuls for the Mmru-ii)al Museum in conTii-ctiiiii with 

 the S\y,\. (laicii'iis. Towards this tlu-if arc aliratly several objects housed in 

 I lie Town Hall, ineludinj;- ;i eoilection of Coleoi^era formed some yeiirs HjfO 

 by liie Marquis of Rijxm. 



Niitur.ilist, 



