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NOTES — FUNGI. 



Liliacese. — Scilla ?iutans and Allium ursinum, woods. Narthecium, 

 Spade-adam waste, 



Juncaceae. — Luzula pilosa, beech wood over Talkin Tarn. 

 L. sylvatica, abundant in the Gilsland and Naworth Woods and at 

 Combe Crags. L. campestris and multiflora, frequent. Juncus con- 

 glo?neratus, effusus, glaucus, acutiflorus, bufonius, and lamprocarpus, 

 all common. 



Cyperaceae. — Scirpus pauciflorus, bog below Talkin Tarn. S. 

 ccespitosus, common on the moors. S. setaceus, damp road-sides. 

 Eriophorum angustifolium, swamps of Spade-adam waste. Too late 

 for Carices. The following only seen in recognisable condition — viz., 

 Carex acuta, vulgaris, glauca, panicea, sylvatica, and ampullacea. 



Gramina. — Anthoxanthum, Digr aphis, Alopecurus geniculatus, 

 Phleum pratense, all common. Agi'ostis vulgaris, very common, both 

 type and var. nigra. Aira ccespitosa, common in swamps. A. 

 fiexuosa, common on the peaty moors. A. caryophyllea, sandy fields 

 over Talkin Tarn. Avena flavescens and elatior, frequent. Holcics 

 mollis, la?iatus, Triodia, and Molinia, all common. Melica uniflora, 

 shaded woods at Gilsland and Naworth. Glyceria fluitans, frequent 

 in swamps. Poa annua, pratcnsis, trivialis, Briza, Cynosurus, Dac- 

 tylis, Festuca ovina, duriuscula, and pratensis, all common. F. elatior, 

 bed of the Irthing at Gilsland, etc. Bromus asper and giganteus, very 

 fine in the woods at Gilsland, Naworth, etc. B. mollis, frequent. 

 Brachypodium sylvaticum, frequent about the Irthing. Triticum 

 caninum, woods at Gilsland and Naworth. T. repens and Lolium 

 perenne, common. Nardus, very common on the moors. 



Filices. — Pteris, Lomaria, Athyrium Filix-fo3mina, Nephrodium 

 Filix-mas, N. dilatatum, and Polypodium vulgare, common. Asplenium 

 Ruta-muraria, walls at Gilsland, Naworth, and Lanercost. A. Tricho- 

 manes, with the last on the walls of Naworth Castle and Lanercost 

 Priory. Cystopteris, walls at Gilsland and Brampton. 



Equisetacese. — Equisetum arvense, common. E. maximum, very 

 fine in the Naworth Woods near Lanercost Bridge and by Kilnhill 

 Beck. E. sylvaticum, abundant in the wood over the Spa at Gilsland. 



NOTES— FUNGI. 

 Cortinarius alboviolaceus Fr., and Boletus cyanescens 



Bull., near Kendal. — These interesting species of fungi, which do not seem 

 to have been found before in the North of England, were growing in woods this 

 year near Kendal. The latter species is remarkable for turning a deep azure blue 

 immediately the flesh is broken.— C. H. Waddell, Kendal, 8th October, 1886. 



Cynophallus eaninus Fr. , near Leeds.— A perfect specimen of this 

 somewhat rare species was found by Dr. Hick in his garden at New Wortley, and 

 brought to me on the 14th inst. Mr. H. T. Soppitt, to whom I sent it for deter- 

 mination, has found it only at Saltaire and Bingley. — W. Eaple Clarke, Leeds, 

 October I6th, 1886. Naturalist, 



