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as occurring - in the g-eo-deposits of days when the conditions 

 were very different from those of historic times. Last link in 

 the argument, we know how wondrous is the viability in seeds 

 whose envelopes are impermeable to the rot of moisture. 



83. Nasturtium amphibium. Kno strop, 1856, J. D. H. 



96. Cardamine amara. Eccup. 



185. Polygala vulgaris. Scarcroft. Fine, a foot in height : 

 I recollect seeing this up to 1870 by field borders (on sand rock) 

 thereabout, lilac and pink and white. It was not serpyllifolia. 



218. Lychnis Githago. Cornfields, Burley. A decreasing- 

 colonist in Yorks, probably from cleaner seed-corn being used 

 now than formerly. 



266. Claytonia perfoliata. A weed among- Rhododendrons, 

 Moortown, 1856. Long- gone, I fear. 



283. Hypericum mo n tana m. Scarcroft. 



295. Tilia grandifolia? (Yes.) Henconner Lane, Potter- 

 newton, 1856, J. D. H. Planted of course, but the date fixes 

 the planting of these surburban demesnes with trees at about 

 70 to 80 years ago. This year I noticed a small tree of Tilia 

 argentea in Potternewton Lane going- towards the Windmill. 



323. Impatiens Noli-me-tangere. A specimen, but not 

 localised. 



333. Genista anglica. Petty Whin. Addle Moor. 



337. Ulex Gaiiii. Same station, 1848. ? Both there still. 



340. Ononis arvensis. Fields, Addle, 1856. Grew up to 

 1876 on bank of Otley highroad (new) a little on the Leeds side 

 of where the road crosses the former site of the dam's north- 

 west prolongation — the place where the Swan used to breed 

 regularly. 



378. Anthyllis vulneraria. Collingham. 



385. Astragalus hypoglottis. Collingham, 1868. 



386. Astragalus glycyphyllus. Kippax. This and the two 

 previous species are not yet extinct, being away from urban 

 alteration. 



389. Ornithopus perpusillus. Lark's-foot. Addle (camp). 

 1836. Long gone, I fancy. The rustic name is new to me. 



530. Geum Avens (rivale !) Boston Spa type and 

 monstrous form with well-foliated sepals. 



539. Potentilla procumbens Sibth. Eccup, [856. The 

 ascription is mine : the specimen is not ordinary P. Tormentilla y 

 nor yet P. reptans \ possibly it is the hybrid between them. 



1900 February 1. 



