4 BOTANICAL REPORT — 1 87 7. 



The Pontefract meeting was held too early in the year for 

 many flowering plants to be seen; those that were observed were 

 mostly the very common and generally distributed species, 

 though one or two, as Viola /lirta and Ifiula Conyza, belonged 

 to the type of plants loving a dry calcareous soil. About 20 

 mosses and a few other cryptogamia were met with, all of common 

 kinds. 



At Wetherby and its neighbourhood a characteristic calca- 

 reous flora was met with, although, owing to the extreme 

 backwardness of the spring, fewer plants were found than v/ould 

 have been the case in a more genial season. The great size and 

 age attained by timber trees in that neighbourhood, as for 

 instance the Cowthorpe oak, attracted attention. Mosses were 

 plentiful and other cryptogamia fairly so. Mnium punctatinn and 

 serratum fruited profusely among damp sand by the River Nidd. 



At the Nostell excursion the plants met with, although 

 somewhat more numerous than at Wetherby, owing to the season 

 being more advanced, were mostly such as are generally distri- 

 buted. A few bog plants w^ere found at Cold Hiendley, and 

 Sharleston Common yielded some sand-loving species, while the 

 limestone flora was represented only by AnihylUs viihuraria on 

 the raihvay embankment, possibly introduced by human agency. 

 About 20 mosses were found on Sharleston Common, including 

 one or two rare species, but mostly stunted and sterile. 



At the Shipley meeting a great variety of plants was met with, 

 owing partly to the number of different routes taken by different 

 parties. On Rombald's Moor species of a northern and alpine type 

 were met with, as Vaccinmm Vitis-idcea, Trientalis europcza (very 

 scarce but in flower), Empetnim jiigrum, Racoinitriuin aciculare 

 and fascicukire, ParineUa omphalodes and Evcniia fm-fiiracea. 

 Other species affecting hilly countries of less elevation were Geuiii 

 rivale, Myrrhis odorata, Crepis paIudosa;?<iQ,. Mosses, hepatica^, 

 lichens, and algaj were met witli in profusion in Shipley Glen and 

 elsewhere in the neigbourhood of Rombald's Moor. 



At Goole a larger number of flowering plants was observed 



Trans.Y.N.U.,1877 



