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129, maybe found interesting : — ''Senecio erucifolius L., 

 off type in direction of S. Jacobcea, growing in large 

 clumps (from its strong, creeping roots), with leaves 

 green and slightly hairy, but no cottony felting, in 

 several spots in a long narrow plantation (on coal 

 measure shales), half-mile from Howley Hall, over 

 towards V/oodkirk.' (Same place I gave as 'plant- 

 ation, Soothill "). 'In W. Yorkshire it is rare off the 

 dry soils over the belts of Permian lime, Triassic sand, 

 and scar limestone.' Also see 'The Flora of W. 

 Yorks.', p. 790. I had often noticed these fine clumps 

 of the Downy Rag-wort, deeming it type species. One 

 day in August, 1887, during a heavy thunderstorm 

 I piloted Mr. T.ees to the habitat. 



1725B. Festuca duriuscula is misnamed and must be 

 changed 



to 1728, Festuca fallax Th., and 



1750B. Agropyron repens var. barbata, is corrected 



to 1751C, the sub-sp. Agropyron pungens var. pycnan- 

 thum G. & G. 



16. Ranunculus drouetii Godr. Droucl's Ranunculus. 

 'Bulrush' mill-dam, Batley. 



18. R. peltatUS Schrank (form). Ditch, Howley, near 

 Batley. I submitted this, labelled e/()Hgatus{i4D Lond. 

 Cat. 7th ed.), to Mr. F. Arnold Lees for the Bot. Rcc. 

 Club, who stated that it was 'only a form of peHatus 

 not quite ty{)ical, but not really elo/igaii/s.' 



46. Actsea spicata L. Herii Christopher. Been long 

 known at Liley Wood, Upper Whitley. ' Perhaps in- 

 troduced ?' (vide ' The Flora of West Yorks.,' p. 127). 



48. Berberis vulgaris L. l^arberry. Hedge-bank, Hor- 

 bury {\y. Rushforth). Not wild there. 



53. Papaver sonnniferum L. Opium Poppy. Corn field 

 which had been under flood in the s[)ring, 'J'hornhill 



