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26 Chara vulgaris L. H. L. 



Rill, Mossdale. Rill above Carperby; J. P. ! Rills running 

 into Locker Tarn ; J. P. ! Rills on Yore bank, at Aysgarth 

 Force ; J. P. ! 



27 Cliara contraria A. Braun. L. 



Rillet or pool on Yore bank, Aysgarth {teste A. Bennett m 

 litt. ad 



28 Cliara hispida L. Z. 



Stream above keeper's hut by, and also in Locker tarn ! 



29 Cliara aspera Willd. Z. 



Little pool in course of rivulet on north bank of Yore, below 

 the bridge at Aysgarth; J. P. ! 



All the Garlics except Allium tcrsinum still remain unregistered 

 for Higher Wensleydale, unless the western summit scar of Addle- 

 brough comes within the district. A. vineale occurs in plenty on this 

 scar; alt. 1,550 feet. A. oleraceuni^ A. scorodopi'asiim^ and A. vineale 

 have all been found about Carperby and Aysgarth by Mr. Percival. 

 Hieraciiun diibiiim Leers, occurs by the Yore, just below Bainbridge 

 bridge, and lower down at Bear Park, &c., and occurs as high 

 up the dale as Cotterdale Falls, 1,200 feet. Saxifraga aizoides L. 

 occurs in abundance upon the wet vertical rocks of Whitfell main 

 Force — a fact 'reported' to Baker in 1860. Vicia sylvatica L. grows 

 in Mill Gill, west side, below the Force — a new station ; as is 

 also Ribes petrceum Sm., in a small gill on the east slope of Lower 

 Widdale, a little north of Tarney Force. Asplenium Adiantuni- 

 nigruni L. is certainly not ' frequent ' {vide ' North Yorkshire ') ' upon 

 rocks and walls,' especially in the more calcareous portion of the dale, 

 but Mr. Percival has shown it to me growing sparingly among grit 

 tumble ' in Thackthwaite. 



In conclusion, two or three extensions of altitudinal range beyond 

 those given above or by Baker are worth noting. Senecio eriiccefoliiis L. 

 ascends much over 150 yards. It grows in Freeholders' Wood, at 

 Aysgarth, at 650 feet, and below Shaw Cote at 700 feet. Pota7nogeton 

 pectinatiis occurs in Semer water at 700 feet sXt., Myosotis palustris With, 

 ascends above 200 yards : it grows by the Bain and on the border of 

 Semerwater. Salix piLipiirea L. ascends much beyond Hawes — the 

 limit known to Baker — forming quite a thicket half way up Widdale 

 at 900 feet. 



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BOTANICAL NOTES. 



Hydnum COralloides in Notts.— I have just found three specimens of 

 this very rare fungus at Ossington, growing on felled timber. The largest was 

 fully six inches in diameter. A precisely similar crop, both in regard to number 

 and size, grew on the same log last year. — W. Gain, Tuxford, Newark, October 



