CiRC 146. 

 says ' Two points may be noted at most exposures. The fust is tlie small amount of 

 alteration that the dyke has caused in the adjacent rocks, the calcining effect rarely 

 extending for moie than a few feet from the cheeks of the dyke. Another curious 

 point is the way in which, for a few yards, the beds dip into the dyke. It looks as 

 though the intrusive rock had contracted en cooling, and dragged down the adjacent 

 rock with it. In no case is the dyke known to lie in a line of fault. The dyke 

 consists of a bluish-grey rock, rather compact, and having a tendency to conchoidal 

 fracture. It is finely crystalline, even microscopically, exce]it at the sides, which 

 have a very compact appearance. Scattered pretty evenly throughout are glassy 

 crystals of felspar, some of which show the parallel striations of pla'gioclase. Other 

 minerals are rare— pyrites, calcite, quartz, nesotype, and pectolite, though found 

 occasionally, may be hunted for in vain, unless a 'lucky' spot is hit on. The best 

 place to find such minerals is in Kildale, where there is a considerable number of 

 ■cavities in the M'hin about half an-inch in diameter. The sides of the cavities are 

 coated with little hexagonal pyramids of quartz, and in the centre is a crystal of 

 ■calcite, the two minerals being kept apart by a curious layer of a sooty-looking 

 substance." 



BOTANY.— 



Flowering- Plants.— Mr. W. H. Thomas states that so far as he knows 

 there is nothing particularly worthy of note among the flowering plants in the 

 Stokesley district. All the commoner plants are well represented, but the absence 

 •of records of rare plants should incite the botanists to make them. Among the 

 least common are Paris quadrifoUa (Ingleby), Habcnaria hifolia, Habenaria viridis, 

 Epipactis latifolia, Pariiassia pahistris, Gerafiium pratensis. Campanula latifoUa, 

 Carlina vulgaris, Listera ovata, L. cordata, Orchis iisinlata (Middleton-in-Leven). 

 On the moors Calhina vulgaris. Erica cineiea, and E. tetralix are very abundant. 



Rev. J. Hawell, M.A., has observed the following plants in his parish of 

 Ingleby Greenhow : — Papaver dubimii, Fmnaria capreolata , Cardaniine ainara, 

 Parbarea vulgaris, Ei-ophila verna, Viola odorata. Polygala viilgiris and var. 

 nlba. Lychnis dimna and var. alba, Gilhago segetiim, Arenaria trinervis, Moniia 

 fontana, Hypericiiin perforatum, H. qiiadrangziluiii, H. huinifnsiivi, H. pidchritm, 

 Einpetrum iiigrtim,'< Genista tinctoria, Cytisics scopariiis, Prtimis padns, Gliuh 

 rivals, Agrimonia eupatoria, Poteriimi officinale, Ribes ahinum, Callitriche verna, 

 Sedum acre, Epilobiiun palustre, Circcea hdetiana, Sanicula enropaa, Silatis 

 pratensis, Angelica sylvestris, Vibiirniun Opiilns, Galitiin saxatile, Asperiila odorata, 

 Scabiosa a'vensis, Centaurea cyanus, Serratula tinctoria, Solidago virgatirea, 

 Achilhea ptarniica, Tanacetiiui vidgare, Gnaphalium sylvaticutn, Tragopogon pra- 

 tense, Leontodon hispidns, Crepis virens, C. hieracioides, Senchns arvensis, S. 

 oleraceus, Vaccinitan Myrtillus, Erica Tetralix, E. cinerea, Erythrcea centaii7-ium, 

 Gentiana campestris, Scrophularia nodosa, ' Veronica hcdenvfolia, Melauipy7-ui)i 

 prntense, Mentha sativa, M. aqiiatica, M. arvensis, Stachys sylvatica, Galeopsis 

 tetrahit, Ballota nigra, Tenciitivi scorodonia, Pinguicula vulgaris, Lysimachia 

 nemorzun. Polygonum convolvulus, Chenopodiitm album. Euphorbia pephis, E. 

 ■exigita, Jiiniperiis communis, Habenaria bifolia, H. viridis, Epipactis latifolia, 

 Listera ovata. Iris pseudacorus, Tamus communis, Alisma plantago, Potamogeton 

 natans, Paris quadrifoUa, Scilla nutans var. alba. Allium ursinui/i, Sparganizim 

 rainosum, Asplenium Ruta-muraria, A. Trichomanes, Pedicularis vulgaris var. alba. 

 Prunella vulgaris var. alba, Vicia sepiuni var. alba, Ajuga reptans var. alba, 

 Campanula rotund folia var. alba, Calluna vulgaris var. alba, Galium jnollugo, 

 Helleborus viridis. 



Fungi. — Rev. J. Hawell, M.A. , writes that amongst the Fungi occurring in 

 the parish of Ingleby Greenhow are Mycena galericulata, Jnocybe geophyllus, 

 Stropharia semiglobata, Hypholoma fascicularis, Hygrophorus coccineus, H. 

 obrusseus, H. chlorophamis, Lactarius blennius, L. subdulcis, Kussula heterophylla, 

 and Polyporus vaporaiius. 



Mosses, Hepatics, Lichens, Algse. — No records. 

 VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY. 



Mammalia. — Mr. T. H. Nelson writes that Badgers occur along the hills. 

 Mr. R. G. Clayton adds that Fox, Otter, Squirrel, Stoat, Weasel, Water V^ole, Field 

 Vole, Short Tailed Field Mouse, Shrew, and Bats occur. 



