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NO TES — BOTANY. 



Thorne Moor Violas. — On Monday, 4th June, I visited Thorne Moor 

 in search of Violas (see pp. 155-156, 'The Flora of West Yorkshire'). 

 I found V. ericetoram (= ca?ii?ia) very common and fine; but did not see 

 a sign of either V. lactea or V. slagnifta. — H. H. Corbett, Doncaster, 

 1 5th June 1900. 



Sagina apetala at Hooton Pagnell. — Yesterday (14th June), on the 

 occasion of the excursion of the Doncaster Scientific Society to Hooton 

 Pagnell, I found Sagina apeiala flowering freely at the base of a wall. 

 Close by, but in a much damper situation, procumbens was in great 

 abundance, but the two species did not appear to overlap. — H. H. Corbett, 

 Doncaster, 15th June 1900. 



Lincolnshire Aliens. — I have received from Mr. G. Parker, of Grimsby, 

 the following species taken there :— 



Saponaria vaccaria. Asperugo procumbens. 



Centaurea calcitrapa. Bupleurum rotund-ifolium. 



Latliyrus angulatus. 

 From Messrs. A. Smith and G. Morris, of Grimsby, I have received all 

 the above species except Asperugo, and also : — 



Senecio sylvaticus. Kocleria cristata. 



Asperula arvensis. Buda neglecta (Kindb.). 



Salvia verbenaca. Alyssum calycinum. 



Caucalis nodosa. Bunium flexnosum. 



Caucalis latifolia. Sisymbrium altissimum. 



Caucalis daucoides. 



— E. Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock, Cadney, Brigg, Lines., 19th June 1900. 



Draba muralis in Cumberland. — On the 16th of May this year, when 

 looking over a piece of waste ground in Messrs. Little & Ballantyne's 

 nurseries, Carlisle, where weeds and other garden rubbish are occasionally 

 deposited, I came across a cluster of about a hundred or more plants, 

 which, after careful examination, appeared to me to be Draba muralis, but 

 as the recognised habitat of that species is limestone rocks, and as I could 

 not find any record of it for Cumberland, I sent a specimen to Mr. W. 

 Hodgson, A.L.S., Workington. Mr. Hodgson confirmed my diagnosis, but 

 in order to be quite certain he kindly forwarded the specimen to Mr. J. G. 

 Baker, of Kew, for verification. Mr. Baker returned it with a note that 'it is 

 certainly Draba muralis, but the proper locality for the plant is limestone 

 cliffs, not rubbish heaps.' 



It would be interesting to know if the plant has been previously noted in 

 any other county growing, seemingly, out of its proper sphere. The plants 

 in question were growing practically upon the site of the old Roman wall, 

 along which a public footpath leads from Stanwix to Tarraby. They 

 seemed to be fully satisfied with their position, as they were healthy and 

 luxuriant, being mostly from twelve to fifteen inches in height. — William 

 Thomson, 16, Cavendish Place, Carlisle, 20th May 1900. 



NO TE — LEPIDOPTERA. 



Appearance of the Co-Migrants Pyrameis cardui and Plusia 

 gamma at Doncaster. — To-day, w T hile rambling through Wheatley 

 Wood, I noticed several specimens of Plusia gamma on the wing. 

 I wondered at the time whether Pyrameis cardui had accompanied them. 

 Before reaching home I had the pleasure of seeing the latter species on the 

 high road, settling, as is its habit, on the bare roadway, and then taking 

 a few circular sweeps on the wing, only to return to its original place. Why 

 these two species migrate together is still a mystery. — H. H. Corbett, 

 9, Priory Place, Doncaster, 17th June 1900. 



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