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Allium vineale L. Locally plentiful with A. oleraceum and 

 A. scorodoprasum in lanes on the hillside above Colling- 

 ham. J. Jackson ! M.W. York. 



SchcBnus nigricans L. In the boggy field between Aketon 

 bleach-works and the Crimple brook. The second West 

 Yorkshire station known. F. A. Lees. M.W. York. 



Scirpus acicularis L. Marshy spot by the canal side under 

 Hymen Wood, Barnsley. H. Johnson ! S.W. York. 



S. multicaulis Sm. In a wet grassy place below the beeches 

 at west end of Black Fen, Bramham Park. F. A. Lees. 



M.W. York. 



Carex dioica L. Aketon bog. F. A. Lees. M.W. York. 



C. pallescens L. Clayey 'rides' of Lund and Lund Wood 

 Close, West Woods, Bramham. F. A. Lees. M.W. York. 



C. pendula L. Wet slopes, Hackfall! M.W. York. 



C. pseudocyperus L. Bank of dyke bordering the 'farther 

 Jungle' (south end of bog) Askham Bogs. 



F. A. Lees and J. Jackson. M.W. York. 



C. saxumbra Lees,%-^. nov.=C. pilulifera var. Leesii Ridley 

 in Journ. Bot, May, 1881. 



Root fibrous; stems many from one tuft not decumbent 

 in fruit; leaves nearly as long as flower stem, ascending, not 

 recurved; spikelets close, in an interrupted head, prolonged- 

 oval; bracts not awlshaped, longer than spike, lowest truly 

 leaf-like, not sheathing. Terminal catkin wholly male, sessile, 

 glume lanceolate-acuminate. Female catkins 3 — 4, hardly 

 distinct, erect, elongate-oval, glume lanceolate, gradually 

 acuminate, with serrae on mid-rib and long awn. Perigynia 

 stalked, downy, regular-ovate, fusiform, with broad-based 

 rather rostrate bifid beak; nut globular, trigonous, and 

 narrowed below. 



Shady escarpments of large rocks by lake at Plumpton. 

 July and August, 1880. F. A. Lees. 



