BOTANY. — The Botanical Section will be officially represented. The 

 Botanical Survey Committee will be officially represented by Dr. W. G. Smith. 



Flowering Plants. — At the excursion of 14th Sept., 1878, Dr. H. Franklin 

 Parsons and the botanists investigated Oughtibridge, Wharncliffe Woods, Wortley, 

 Bradheld, etc., and found 10 1 vascular plants, the best being Ra7iuni:uhis 

 lenormandi, Corydalis claviculaia, Ulex gailii, Pruuus padits, Rubtts koehleri, 

 Roia mollissiina, Lainuiin galeobdolo?t, ]\Iyosiiis repens, Salix smithia7ia, Taxiis 

 iaccata, and Carex lavigata, all from Wharncliffe, Alopecums agresiis at Oughtibridge, 

 and the curious Cotyledon uinbilicus with its succulent trumpet-shaped leaves at 

 Bradfield. 



F. Arnold Lee's '' Florula of the upper Don Valley," at pp. 360 — 

 361 of Davis & Lee's "West Yorkshire," 1878. Inter alia, p. 361 says: 

 Carex limosa has been reported by Dr. H. Payne from "a bog near Wortley," but 

 some error in the name is to be feared. This point should be investigated by the 

 botanists. 



Mr. T. Gibbs writes : — There are a good many plant records for the district 

 in the "West Yorkshire Flora." It is chiefly a typical example of the Coal 

 ^Measure flora. The characteristic plants are Solidago and Hieracinin boreale, an 

 •oak wood with bracken undergrowth, Corydalis claviculata in parts. By the Don 

 below, I have found (in spring) Pruniis padus, Myrrhis, and Myosotis syvlatica. 



Mosses and Hepatics — The Yorkshire Bryological Committee will be 

 ■officially represented. 



Mr. W. Ingham, B.A. writes that he knows of no records for the district, but will Ije 

 glad to examine any specimens collected. A small list of Mosses and Hepatics is 

 given in the " Naturalist," 1878, p. 48, where it is reported that on the excursion 

 <3f Sept., 1878, twenty species of Mosses and six of Hepatics were found, those 

 mentioned by name being Dicranu>n falcatum, D. paktstre, Campylopus Jlextiosus, 

 Pogonatum abides, Grimtnia apocarpa, Alnimn serratntn, Plagiotheciuni ilndulaium, 

 P. elegans, Scapania nndulata, Jiingermaiinia barbata, Calypogeia trirhofuatiis, and 

 Lepidozia reptans. 



Lichens. — A small list was obtained on the previous excursion in 1878, and 

 was printed in the "Naturalist" at the lime. The larger foliaceous Lichens were 

 then plentiful, as regards individuals, on the loose blocks of gritstone which lay 

 scattered about in great profusion. Corlicolous Lichens were scarce and stunted. 

 The species observed that day were Cladonia cornucopioides, C. furcata, Evernia 

 furjuracea, Platystna glauctim, Cetraria aculeata, Parrnelia saxatiiis, P. physodes, 

 Peliigera canina, and Usnea barbata. 



Algae. — The Micro-Botanical Section will be officially represented by Mr. 

 M. II. Stiles, F.R.M.S. 



No Algas were seen on the excursion of 1878 ; a filamentous substance 

 found in a stream of ferruginous water issuing from an old colliery, seemed to 

 consist wholly of oxide of iron, without any vegetable tissue. 



Fungi. — The Yorkshire Mycological Committee will be officially represented' 

 by Mr. C. Crossland, F.L.S. (Hon. Sec.) and Mr. Thos. Gibbs. 



A list of eighteen Fungi, collected on the previous excursion, is given 1 

 in the "Naturalist" for 1878, p. 48. Fungi were then reported to be; 

 plentiful in the woods, and about twenty kinds were recorded. The most 

 remarkable were CynophaUus canintis, a species whose name well indicates 

 its singular appearance. It was found by Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, and 

 stated by Mr. Arnold Lees to be new to south-west Yorkshire. Among the 

 other s])ecies observed were Agaricus vaginatus, A. rubescens, A. ntuscariic;, 

 A. mellens, A. rutilans, A. laccatus, A. squarrosus, A. hypiiorum, A. semilaincatus, 

 Hygtopliorits psittacintts, H. minialus, Lactarim quietus, Russula vircscens, 

 Paxillus inzioluttis. Boletus luridus, Polypoius betulinus, anvl Calocera viscosa. 



