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ADDITIONS TO THE FLORA OF THE 
ALFORD DISTRICT OF NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE 
DURING 1890. 
J BURT? DAVY, 
Hon. Sec. Alford Naturalists’ Soctety, Alford, Lincs. 
THe Alford Naturalists’ Society’s Report on the work of the summer 
season of 1890, which has just been printed and circulated, shows 
that during the past season eighty-three flowering-plants and four 
ferns have been added to the Society’s Botanical Register, making the 
total number of species recorded for the district = 404 Phenogamia 
and 12 Filices. Three of these are believed to be new vice-county 
records, viz. :— 
Sonchus arvensis var. glabra Lond.Cat. Mablethorpe, 4th 
August (Mrs. A. G. Jarvis). 
Epipactis media Fries. Aby, 4th August (J. W. Chandler). 
Luzula multiflora var. congesta Koch. Aby, 9th May (J.B.D.). 
Of the other additions to the district list, the most noteworthy 
AIG: 
Viola hirta L. Cnicus eriophorus Hoffm. 
Silene noctifiora L. Digitalis purpurea L. 
Hypericum hirsutum |. Epipactis latifolia |ond.Cat. 
Geranium columbinum |.. Bromus asper Murr. 
Trifolium fragiferum |. Brachypodium pinnatum Beauv. 
Valerianella dentata Poll. Aspidium lobatum Sm. 
Pimpinella Saxifraga 1. Lastrza dilatata Presl. 
Pimpinella major Huds. Lastrza spinulosa Presl. 
Dipsacus pilosus lL. Ophioglossum vulgatum |. 
Mr. F. Arnold Lees has most kindly identified specimens of all 
of the above. ; 
Only two excursions were made by members of the Society 
jointly during the season. The first of these was on the 14th June, 
when the following specimens were found :—Va/eriana officinals pL. 
and Orchis incarnata L.., on marshy ground at Aby ; Vicia sepium b 
« Veronica montana \.., Orchis morio \.., and Lusula pilosa willd., ae 
Claythorpe parish; and Lysimachia nemorum Le Habenaria chia, 
rantha Bab., Athyrium Filix-femina Roth., and Lastraa spinulosa 
Presl., in Tothill Wood. 
March 18901. . 
