40TH ANNUAL REPORT, I9OI. 131 



Botanical Section (Phanerog-amic). — Mr. T. W. AVoo.^- 

 head, F.L.S., and C. Waterfall, the secretaries, write that the^ 

 section has been well attended during- the year, and has been 

 officially represented on all but one occasion. No important 

 additions have been made to our list of flowering- plants at the 

 five excursions held, but it has been interesting to observe the 

 very general fact that the rarer plants noticed in these localities 

 when visited 25 years ago, not only hold their ground, but in 

 some cases appear to be increasing. We note with regret that 

 many ballast and other plants discovered by members of local 

 societies, and named by authorities at Kew and elsewhere, are 

 rarely placed on record. It would be of great service 

 if notes on such finds, which have been well authenticated, 

 were more frequently sent to ' The Naturalist ' for publica- 

 tion. Of the more interesting independent discoveries 

 made since the last report, the following have been 

 recorded in ' The Naturalist ' : — Gei-aniian pyrenaicum at 

 Campsmount Park (H. H. Corbett, confirmation of old 

 record) ; Samhucus ebulus, Castley, Wharfedale (F. A. 

 Lees) ; Galium erecium, between Rossington and Don- 

 caster (H. H. Corbett) ;• Potamogetoii perfoliatus v. /acksoni, 

 Pool Bridge, Wharfedale (G. B. Savery) ; Scirpus 

 taherncemontani, Askern Bog (H. H. Corbett) ; Scha^mis 

 7iigricans, Askern Bog (H. H. Corbett) ; Carex dioi'ca, Humber 

 Foreshore, Brough (J. F. Robinson, Y.N.U. Excursion, May 

 27th); and Juniperus nana, Ingleborough (H. J. Riddels- 

 dell). The rayed form of Centaurea nigra was seen to be fairly 

 plentiful on the railway banks near Wetherby on the excursion 

 on July 15th. 



Geological Section. — Messrs. J. H, Lofthouse, T. Shep- 

 pard, F.G.S., and Rev. J. Hawell, M.A., F.G.S., secretaries, 

 report that, as in past years, this section has been well repre- 

 sented at the field excursions by one or other of the secretaries. 

 The Brough and Wykeham excursions were probably of the 

 greatest interest, geologically, and full reports of the work done 

 on these occasions have already appeared in ' The Naturalist ' 

 from the pen of Mr. Sheppard. The Brough report was illus- 

 trated by a photograph of a section in the Lower and Middle 

 Chalk, and the Doncaster one will be similarly illustrated — the 

 only photographs published in that journal this year in illustration 

 of the excursions. Some good sections of Magnesian Limestone 

 were examined on the occasion of the Wetherby and Doncaster 

 excursions, and a fine section in the Middle Coal Measures, near 

 Doncaster, yielded some good plant remains. Some interesting 

 stratigraphical and physical features were noted at the Masham 

 meeting. 



The Committees of Research have continued their investi- 

 gations during the year with more or less satisfactory results. 



