BOTANICAL REPORT 1879. 69 



Hepaiicce. collected was Riccia 7iata?is, a plant not before noticed 

 in the district. 



A few Fungi were noticed, including the rare Dmdalea 

 conffagosa, which was tolerably abundant on willows. 



Alg^e were plentiful in the ditches and ponds, among those 

 collected being B atrachospenniim moniliforme, C/icetophoj-a elegans, 

 Oscillatoria nigra, Colceochcete sciitata, Pandorina morum, Volvox 

 globator, Clostermm vioniliforme and Aloiigeotia genuflexa. 



HEBDEN BRIDGE, JULY 19TH, 1 87 9. 



The success of this meeting would no doubt have been far 

 greater if the weather had been more favourable for exploration, 

 for rain fell heavily at intervals and hindered the usual vigorous 

 observations. Luddenden Dene, Midgley Moor, and the rich 

 rocky woods about Hebden Bridge were the places investigated. 

 185 vascular plants were seen, the rarer of which were Corydalis 

 claviadata, Rubiis si/berecti/s, Crepis pahidosa, Jasione viontana, 

 Vaccinium Oxycoccos, Scutellaria Jtiinor, Lathrcea squamaria, Paris 

 qiiadrifolia, Carex remota, Melica nutans, Polypodiuni Dryopteiis, 

 P. Phegopteris and Ophioglossinti vulgatum. 



Forty-nine species of mosses were observed, including 

 Dicranella squarrosa, Dicranum fuscescens, D. majus, Ba7iramia 

 pojuifor^nis, Leptobryinn py?-ifor?ne, Atrichum crispuvi, Fontinalis 

 squamosa and Hyocoiniurn fiagellare. 



Some common Hepaticse were noticed, such z.?, Junger7?iannia 

 barbata and Calypogeia trichomanis. 



Twelve Lichens were noticed, among which were Cetraria 

 aculeata and dwarfed forms of SphceropJioron coralloides. 



A few Fungi were observed, including Uredo potentillarmn 

 and Agaricus hypnorum. 



A few Algse were collected, but they were only common 

 species. 



DONCASTER, AUGUST 4TH, 1 879. 



This was the most successful meeting ever held as regards 

 vascular plants, 461 of which were observed. A wide tract of 

 ground was investigated, several routes being taken by different 



