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Leckby Carr ; Copgrove (Baines) ; Gormire under 

 Hambledon (Baines). 



1488. Anthoxanthum odoratum. Sweet vernal grass. 



Meadows and pastures, abundant. 



1489. Digraphis arundinacea. Reed canary grass. Ponds 



and wet places, common. 



1490. Phalaris canariensis. Canary seed. Occurs occas- 



ionally round Ripon as an escape. 



1492, Alopecurus fulvus. Tawny fox-tail grass. Wet 



margins of ponds, rare. Pilmoor Carr, near Sharow. 



1493. A.geniculatus. Angular fox-tail grass. Ponds and wet 



fields, common. 



1495. A. pratensis. Common fox-tail grass. Meadows and 

 pastures, abundant. 



1498. Phleum pratense. Timothy-grass. Meadows, abun- 

 dant. Var. b. nodosum, with a tuberous base to the 

 stem, may be found in plenty at Sharow mires. 



1506. Agrostis Spica-venti. Silky bent-grass. Recorded 

 by Baines from several places in Yorkshire, including 

 Copgrove and " Stump Cross field " near Borough- 

 bridge ; possibly a mistaken identity. 



1509. A. canina. Brown bent-grass. Heaths, &c, I have 



only seen it on Hutton Moor, but it doubtless occurs 

 in other places. 



15 10. A. alba. Fiorin grass. Pastures and waste places, 



common. 



15 1 1. A. vulgaris. Common bent grass. Common. 



1514. Calamagrostis Epigeios. Woodreed. Moistwoods, 



local. Aldfield ; Studley and Boroughbridge districts 

 (Lees, 1. c). 



1515. C. lanceolata. Small reed. Damp woods, pond sides, 



and hedges, rare. " Ripon " and " Copgrove " 

 (Baines). I have not heard of its recent occurrence. 

 1517. Phragmites communis. Common reed. Ponds, 

 ditches, and stream sides, common. Almost as 

 beautiful for winter house decoration as the Pampas 



