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REPORT ON YORKSHIRE BOTANY 

 FOR 1888. 



PHANEROGAMIA. 



P. FOX LEE, 



DavsLiURv; Phanerogamic Secretary to the Botanical Section. 



(Read to the Annual Meeting of the Botanical Section at Sheffield, Nov., iSSS). 



At the four meeting.s held during 1888 (the successful 

 Fungus Foray in September being outside the province of this 

 Sub-Section) several interesting observations have been made, 

 and at one of the meetings anew Yorkshire plant was recorded. 



The first meeting was held in Lower Wensleydale at 

 Leyburn, on May 21st. Amongst the rarer plants noted 

 were : — Cardaminc aninrd L , Saxifraga granitlata, Primus 

 padus L., and Adoxa inoschateUina L. 



At the next meeting, on the moors at Saddleworth in June, 

 this Section had the presence and assistance of several Lancashire 

 botanists, including a former President of the Section, viz. : — 

 Mr. Thomas Hick, B.A., 11 Sc. \n several places on the higher 

 flanks of the moors there was seen an abundance of Riihiis 

 chamcemorus L., in fine bloom. \\\ boggy ground near one of 

 the water-courses occurred the broad-leaved uncommon form of 

 the Cotton-grass, Eriophoriim angustifoliuiu var. elatiiis Koch. 

 An unsuccessful search was made for Mai axis paludosa Sw., at 

 Gulliver's swamp, its only West Yorkshire habitat. Cysiopteris 

 fragilis var. dentata Hook., and Hymenophylluvi unilaterale 

 Willd., were both gathered at Seal Bark Rocks where they have 

 been long known, and Nephrodium fiiix-mas var. horrcri by the 

 stream at the foot of the rocks. 



The third meeting was held at Robin Hood's Bay on 

 July i6th, a continuous downpour of rain rendering it unfit for 



