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Falls, was exhibited at the meeting, as also was Mr. J. Percival's 

 new addition to the flora of Higher Yoredale, viz., Melampyrum 

 sylvaticum, gathered at Whitfell Gill during the day. 238 was 

 the total number of species observed. 



The fourth meeting on Bank-Holiday Monday, August 

 4th, at Helmsley, brought 257 species under notice, including 

 several good plants. 



The Spurn excursion on the 3rd September, the last one 

 for 1884, and considering the very limited time it afforded 

 for working that strip of coast-line, proved of great value 

 in the addition it made to our previous knowledge of plant 

 distribution. No fewer than twelve species new to vice- 

 county No. 61 of the late H. C. Watson's 'Topographical 

 Botany,' were collected, specimens of which I have sent to the 

 Botanical Record Club. 



The new records are : — 

 Erodium moschatum L'Herit. 

 Rosa rubiginosa L. 

 Artemisia maritima L. 



Cuscuta trifolii Bab. A form only of C. epthymum Murr., 

 which, according to Hooker, does not seem entitled even 

 to sub-specific rank, being so similar to the type, and para- 

 sitic on other plants besides those of the clover family. 

 This one was on Lotus corniculatus and creeping over 

 Galium verum. 

 Hippophae rhamnoides L. 

 Atriplex littoralis L. and its variety 

 A. marina L. 

 Salicornia herbacea L. 

 Suseda maritima Dumort. 

 Chlora perfoliata L. 

 Convolvulus soldanella L. and 

 Carex arenaria L. 



The total number of observations at the Spurn was 52, 

 making 930 for the whole year. 



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