l^orksbiie flaturalists' XHnion. 



SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES TO THE 



GRASSINGTON EXCURSION 



IN CONNECTION WITH THE 



Bradford Meeting of the British Association, 

 8th to loth SEPTEMBER, 1900. 



BOTANY. — Subsequent to the notes printed in the General Circular, 

 Mr. L. Rotheray writes as follows : — 



Although the locality contains a large variety of limestone loving species, 

 owing to the far advanced state of the summer season it cannot be expected 

 that many of these will now be found in flower. Especially will this be the case 

 with the earlier flowering species, such as Trollius eurojxcus, rhaliclrniii. niontauum, 

 Hippocrepis coinosa, Helianthemiini chaei/iocistus, Rnbus saxatilis, Rubiis ccBsitis, 

 Draba incana, Geranium sanguineiun, Poleuionmtn ccernleuin, Convallaria niagalis, 

 Polygonatiiin officinale, Rosa mollis, Hieracium mitrorum, //. maculatnm, Paris 

 quadrifolia, Pyrola minor, EpiloUiitm angustifolium , Spinva filipendula, Sagina 

 nodosa, Hyperiaaii hirsiitiim. Allium scorodoprasjim, Aqtdlegia vulgaris, Lamium 

 galeobdolon, Calaminlha clinopodium. Primula farinosa. Geranium sylvaticum, 

 Viola lutea, V. odorata, Trientalis europieus, Melampyrum pratense, Origanum 

 vulgare, Cnicus heterophyllus, Silene injlata, and many others, all of which will 

 now be in fruit. Of the later flowering species, Serratula tinctoria, Cenlaurea 

 scabiosa, Runiex aquaticus may be met with, and perhaps a few of the above 

 mentioned besides in sheltered nooks and crevices of the limestone rocks where 

 they have not been disturbed. Amongst the sedges and grasses to be met with 

 ia the lanes and pastures are Carex inuricata, Avena pratensis, Koclcria cristata, 

 Brachy podium sylvaticum, and Triiicum caninum, which will also be now in fruit; 

 while among ferns Aspleninm viride and Polypodium dryopteris will be still showing 

 their green fronds in shady places. Taking into consideration, however, the lateness 

 of the season, but little work in the way of investigation of the district amongst 

 plant forms can be hoped for, although a good deal may be done in the way of 

 mosses, hepatics, lichens, and other lower forms if diligent application be given 

 to searching the nooks and crevices of the limestone fissures in the woods and 

 scars thereto adjoining. 



ARCHAEOLOGY.— Mr. Alfred Birtwhistle says :— 



Consult Mr. H. Speight's recently published work on Upper Wharfedale, 

 chapters xxxiii-xli. 



Local Records. — There are none that we know of save the Parish Registers 

 at Linton, which date from 1599. 



