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^leyanltii) uf tlio Inferior Oolite. Xortli k^{ the road cast of Manliy Hall, hvA west 

 oi the point we have reached, we have the succe^isive out-croppiiii^. above the blow^n 

 sand, (^f CLiy aud Shale of die Upper Lias {Lima pcctiiioides ; J/j'aa'Ws unioides i -, 

 -i^ncyclus inibncafiis; 'fcrebraiula pzinciata : Ainniouilcs lOiniiiujiis ; A. seviifdatus', 

 A- e/c'na/!s) ; the Maidstone (Rhychonella Beds, containing Am/z^o/n'/is coinmiuiis] 

 A. ionuuopia ; A. scrp<^nliniis \ A. sn/ia/iis ; Bciciiniiks paxilhsus, large; Tcic- 

 ^"'<'ifula sub-pimaaLi; Avicn'a tyouipes \ MyacUcs miioides ; and Shin.fenna, very 

 ^•^re); and ]Vctend)ed (Ironstone) of tlie Middle Lias {Ammonites armatusx A. hcii- 

 ^^yi\ Bdcmnites chugaiKs; Tancrcdia liassica; Unicardium cardioides ; Gonioiitya, 

 ■^■ery rare. The clays of the Lower Lias {and Frodingliani L-onstone)— a magnili- 

 <^enily lich fossiliferous bed. Ironstone was worked in very ancient times at ?\Ianton 

 and Twigmoor ; and the road at the hill-foot mended with old scoriae when I was a 

 ^ad. The remains of these old smeltings can still be seen on :^Iantoii Common. 



BOTANY.— The Kev. L. A. WoodrulTe-Peacock writes— iheAppleby, Lrough- 

 ^"^n, Manton, Kavcnthorjie, Scawby, and Twigmoor woods, commons, ponds, bogs, 

 •^iampt sj-)ots,'and ditches are, when the number and the rarity of some of the 

 ^Peoies are lal;en int.. account, the richest botanical ground in Lincolnshire, and 

 Th'^f^^""'^ .^1'^ happy hunting-ground of botnnists for over a hundred vears. 

 ji^he following is a concise list of the rarer conspicuous species to be found in 

 -^^•■oughton parish, or just by in a neighbouring locality when the initial letter of the 



is given in brackets. The bot. secretary of the Lines. Union 



I ace ill (fuestion is givcii in oracKets. me oor. secretary .., ..i^ ^„io.,. ^ilVJv^ 

 v^uld take it as a great kindness if m-;mbers of the unions, findinn; species marked 



^^;uh an asterisk, would hand over specimens to complete the now almost perfect 



er liis care :—*A}ie//wne piUsaiilla, Aijuilcpia viiharis. 



^ouniy Herl)anuin unde .._ . ..,..„..,.. ^„.....,..., ^,,...,,^.,^ ^...^v,/.., 



-J-a[-dam;/?e /cwi/oscr, Viola palu,; ris (A.T.:^!,), V. riviniana, and it., variedly V. 



i^^ouonus of Fcrster, not Smith; " V. sfa^^iuiia, I have never seen a specimen {M.). 



vould all botanists look out. especially in ihe h)ng grass and rushes of the damper 



\V°^T ^^' ^ ^^'^ ^''^ ^ curious- Viola paluslris ("with leaf ]-)etiole, 4—6 inches). Mr. 



■ .'f- l^eeby, the specialist, wants specimens with flowers and roots. Saponaria 



imnualis, Silciie notlijlora, "- Stellaria ucmoriim, Hypericum nwntanuui. Geranium 



yK<[(inuim, Erodium eheeropliyllnui, Oxalis acdosclla, Riianuuis iai/iarHciis, 



fnisia a;r^'lua {]<], Astra-alits liypoolottis, A. glycyphylhis, Ilippocrepis coniosa, 



^' linns Jiuluans, i.e., l\ macrocopa, of the ninth ed. of Lond. Cat.; I^ubus sub- 



^|i>///j-, A', saxalilis, Rosa sps. , ^eduin riwdiola, S. telep/iium. *D/osera, all three 



y ecies were found a few years ago on Manton— extinct ? dA'tJiruin, Epilobinm sps., 



J'O'n-Ius odorata, ''Silinnm, carvifolia ; the Lcn'. W. Kowler added this species to 



(■^ i' ^^^^^'^ ^'''"'' ^ ^'^*^^ ^" Ih-oughton Wood, where it is a native. ^'Aspernla 



^ynaneirea, Valeriana mi/cauii, V. samhucifolia, Solida-o vin^aurea, Krigeron 



''^', 'Aniennaria dioi-ca, Carlina I'ulgaris., Strralula tinetoria, ^ Laduca muralis, 



pii'ipanula glomcrata, C. iracJiclium, C. laUpolia, C. rofundifolia, /lore albo (A), 



^'w/,7/////,:. la/ijoiiaxirat/uiium, the only known record for hybrid; Speeularia 



^J'<^r2r/r7, ^-^ Primula acaulis ofjacq., with rudimentary scape ; P.' vulgaris x vcris, 



inetimcs this liybrid is found with true vulgaris and vulgaris x veris tlowers on one 



^/V ^-y^^"^''^''^^^''^ ncmornm, ^ A nagallis pallida {':i.)pA.'iendla, Genliaiia pueumon- 



^///.'-these last two, I fear, are extinct (M *i T. ) ; Polemonium avrukum, Cvno- 



^^ossum offidnale (M.), ^dyosoiis colUna, Lithospcrmuw offtiinale, L. arvense, 



yoseyamus, Verbascinm //<apsns''% Veronica nion/ana in wef places in tlie wood, 



Jdampyrnm praUnse, '' Pinguienla vulgxris (M.)— extinct ; Origanum vulgare 



*J]ydiore albo, Calaminiha clinopodinm, C. arvensis, Nepela cafaria^ -Galeopsis 



' i^'oleuca (T.), Lcuniuin gahobdolon, I'eucrinm cka)nad?ys, denizen, perhaps ex- 



..■^ct during the last two years; My?-ica gale ]w?,i out of flower; Ophrysapifcia, 



>n ■.^'/:'''''"''/''""'; a rare species here, Ilabcnaria eonopsea, II. chloroleuca. Convallaria 



^'■yalis by nullions, ^Allium ohraccum, Orndhoi^alum umbellatuj//, alien ; I'aris, 



:/^''ida pilosa, Kleocharis palusiris, *Scirpus caricis, Eriopliorum an^'mstifoliuri 



y-nc/wspora albaij.), ^Cladium germanicum (:)Ad)d' Carex pulicans', C. lioeriea, 



e.y rare indeed; ^^C. echinala (I!. & T.), C. acuta, C. pallescens, '^ C. fulva, C. 



P^<io,a>pa, C. rodrata, C. vcsicana, Calamagrostis epigeios. This list owes its 



ness I,) the J-iev. W. Fowler's notes, made almost yearly since 1855. 



Mosses and Hepatics.— Mr. J. Larder writes that the fol!owin<T amon<-«t 



2V;/^''' r"" ^'^^" '"''""'^ "'^ *^^ district to be visited :~.9///.7-;^//;/7 ,7/^>?'.z///;;^'!b-. 

 rvu/'^ j"^'^' '^" O'l'i^'ll'^ii'i^^ and var. squarrosulum, Dicranum palusire, Lcucob- 

 Aui^ ■^'■^'^^('■^^w, Barbula iortuosa (Broughton), IVebera annclina, Bryum nutans, 

 ],^^l^'j''^''^'^"''^ I'''^^''''^'''' '''^i^- inibricatum, AWkera crispa (Brougliton), Plaoiothccium 

 ^^^itatum (m considerable abundance in the I^rigg district m pre-historic times 

 Aaturahst, -' Jan. 1SS9, page 4}, and Pcllia epiphylla. 



