58 ScARTH—SCHEUCHZERIA PALUSTRIS. 
Malton (E. Yorks).—In the Herbarium at the Royal Botanic 
Garden, Edinburgh, there are specimens in herb. Col. Jas. 
Brodie, which he had received from the Rev. Jas. Dalton, and 
which are labelled apparently in Col. Brodie’s own handwriting, 
‘Found by Mr. Dalton, near Malton, Yorkshire.” This seems 
definite enough, and neither Leckby Car nor any other recorded 
Yorkshire station can be described as near Malton in any sense 
ofthe word. Strange to say, however, there seems to be no other 
record for this locality, and, according to Mr. Bennet, ‘‘ two or 
three good botanists have lived at Malton for many years”’ ; 
nor is there any mention of Malton in Wilkinson’s account of 
Dalton’s herbarium in possession of the York Philosophical Society. 
This might be explained by the fact that these specimens were the 
last of Mr. Dalton’s stock, as he states in a letter attached to the 
sheet, the rest having been supplied to Don for his Fasciculi. He 
may not again have gathered specimens at Malton, when Leckby 
Car was so much more convenient for him. At any rate, this is 
a rather problematical record. If it is authentic, we have no 
knowledge of the exact locality. Mr. Bennet suggests Terrington 
Car as the only place he can think of; but it can scarcely be 
supposed that the plant still exists and has escaped observation 
since Dalton’s time. 
For Northampton there is one old record. The Rev. M. J. 
Berkley wrote to Mr. H. C. Watson in 1844 that the plant had 
been found in a marsh (presumably Everton Car) in the North 
of Notts. There are no recent records to justify a hope that the 
plant may still exist there. 
Shropshire has yielded four sites :— 
Bomere.—Discovered, 1824, by Mr. J. Jeudwine. In 188z Mr. 
Beckwith and Mr. La Touche could only find a few plants; in 
1892 Mr. Druce, the Rev. E. F. Linton, and Mr T. P. Blunt 
could find none. It is assumed to be extinct. 
Shomere.—Adjoining the above locality, where it is said to have 
been found the same year by the same gentleman. Mr Bennet 
could discover no records for the site. 
Welshampton Moss.—In 1866 the Rev. O. M. Fieldon found 
three specimens here; in 1893 he could not find any, and in 
1898 he wrote that he did not think he had seen it there within 
the last fifteen or twenty years. 
Ellesmere.—Discovered in 1884 by Mr. Beckwith. In 1892 
Rev. E. F. Linton could not find it there. 
In Cheshire it was discovered on Wybunbury Bog, in 1849, by 
the Rev. G. Pinder. It was found in 1895 by the Rev. E. S. Mar- 
shall, though supposed to be extinct, and in 1904 the Rev. W. R. 
Linton told Mr. Bennet that he had seen it a few years previously, 
so that at that time there was still a hope that the plant survived 
