290 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS’ UNION AT HAYBURN WYKE. 
they observed Ranunculus lenormandi, Habenaria viridis, Listera 
cordata, Drosera rotundifolia, Pinguicula vulgaris, Senecio sylvaticus, 
Parnassia palustris, Anagallis tenella, Narthecium osstfragum, Ept- 
pactis latifolia,and Habenaria chlorantha. On the way to the Wyke, 
near to the Druidical circle, Gymnadenia conopsea was seen in great 
luxuriance, and on the Wyke Orchis pyramidalts, Vicia sylvatica, and 
Inula helenium were noted. Altogether 226 species were observed. 
Mr. M. B. Slater, F.L.S., Secretary for Cryptogamia, reported 
that the bryologists first searched a portion of moorland and boggy 
ground, on the west side of the Scarborough high-road, a short distance 
from Hayburn Wyke railway-station. Sphagnum subsecundum Nees. 
and 5S. cymbifolium Ehrh., both widely distributed species, were met 
with in the bog, the latter one having fruiting capsules. The follow- 
ing mosses were also gathered:—Aryum cafillare \.. (fruiting), 
Dicranela heteromalla Hedw., Tetraphis pellucida L. (with gemme), 
Plagiothecium undulatum 1.., P. denticulatum L. (fruiting), and Hypuum 
commutatum Hedw. The Hepatice gathered were Lepidozia reptans 
L. (in fine fruit), Cephalozia lammersiana Hiib. (do.), Jungermania 
crenulata Sm., Diplophyllum albicans \.. (with abundance of fine 
perianths), one Jungermania capitata Hook., a large form of which 
was met with in fine fruit, growing on stones on the moor, and was the 
most interesting plant gathered in this section. The wood near the 
Wyke, the rocky ground by the stream-side, and near the mouth of 
the Beck, were next explored. f the mosses met with here, the 
almost ubiquitous Zortuda muralis L. was abundant in fine fruit on 
the rocks and stones ; Limnobium palustre L. was fruiting abundantly 
rocks, without fruit; Dichodontium pellucidum 1., on stones; 
Brachythecium plumosum Swartz., abundant on stones by the stream ; 
Trichostomum tophaceum Brid. was also found with abundance © 
old fruit capsules, growing in fine patches near the mouth of the 
stream. November is the season when the fruit capsules of this moss 
are in the most perfect condition, and when no doubt fine specimens 
of this plant might be got in this locality. The Hepatics gathered 
were /ungermania riparia Taylor, plentiful on wet stones near the 
stream-side, and Frud/ania dilatata L., with perianths, abundant on 
the trees. No Orthotrichums were seen on the trees. This genus 
of mosses.is much less abundant in the low country than it was some 
years ago. All the plants seen in this section were of species that 
are of general distribution. No very rare forms were found. During 
the summer months the localities at higher elevations, at the upper 
sources of our mountain streams, are the places where the rarer 
mosses and hepatics are to be gathered. 
Maa 
Naturalist, 
