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NOTES ON THE 

 'FLORA OF WEST YORKSHIRE.' 



A. CRAIG CHRISTIE, F.L.S., 

 Edinbicrgh ; Hoji. Sec. Scottish Natnrnl History Club. 



I HAVE only had time to glance over Mr. Lees' magnum opus, and now 



send a few notes which I have jotted down in the course of doing so. 



Thalictrum alpinum L. (Page m). This is certainly in the 

 vicinity of Settle, but as the plant is very common with us in 

 the North I do not recall the exact locality ; ' hills at the back 

 of Settle ' is the most exact definition. I have no doubt it is on 

 Ingleborough and your other big hills. 



Sagina eu-apetala E.B. (Page 169). Settle. 



Sagina ciliata Fries. (Page 169). Settle. 



Sagina nodosa (The S. glandulosa Bess.). (Page 170). I have 

 found this on the river side above Settle, on sand. 



Melilotus alba Lam. (Page 192). In very large quantity in an 

 old quarry near Skipton ; was there for a number of years. 



Prunus padus (Page 206) is called 'hagberry' in many parts of 

 Scotland, where the rough furrows in a peat moss are called 

 ^haggs'; as the species grows on that kind of ground I have 

 no doubt the name originated in that way. 



Alchemilla airvensis Scop. (Page 208). Is found on the hills 

 above the Victoria Cave, and also at Malham Cove. 



Linaria minor Desf. (Page 338). On dry ground at Settle, also 

 on the railway-line. 



Asplenium septentrionale Hull. (Page 502). This will 

 probably be found on the south side of Ingleborough. In all 

 the Scotch stations that I know this plant grows on trap rocks, 

 and if there are any trap dykes on Ingleborough they should 

 be carefully examined. 



Asplenium adiantum-nigrum L. (Page 504). Malham, Settle, 

 and Giggleswick, on Limestone. 



Aspidium lonchitis Sw. (Page 507). 1 have seen nothing like 

 the true plant near Settle, and forms of ' aculeatuni ' are often 

 confounded with it ; it is more likely to be on Ingleborough, 

 Penyghent, etc., than at a lower elevation. No record for this 

 plant ought to pass unless the specimen is in good fructification. 



Nephrodium aemulum Newm. (Page 511). Willi us in Scotland 

 this plant occurs on sandstone ; the Settle district is a \ ory 

 unlikely one for it, being far too dry. 



Aug. 1888. 



