NOTES on FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Mentha rotundifolia in North Lancashire. — Thos. Lawson, writing 

 to Ray, from Great Strickland, 9th April 1688 (first printed in Derham's 

 'Philosophical Letters,' 1719, p. 213 et seq.), records ' Mentastrum folio 

 rugoso rotund. J.B. by Marsh Grainge in Lancashire' (I.e. p. 219). The 

 species {Mentha rotundifolia Huds. ) has never, so far as I know, been re- 

 found in Furness, or, if so, it is in no list which I have seen. Marsh Grang-e 

 is between Askam and Kirkby Stations on the Furness Railway, and near 

 the coast. 



On 9th August I was on the road between Ulverston and Greenodd, and 

 at the triangle where the road to Newland and the ' Falls ' leaves the hig-h- 

 road, on a piece of rough ground, I found M. rotundifolia in plenty. 

 A specimen forwarded to Mr. W. Hodgson, A.L. S., received his con- 

 firmation of name. The specimens fit almost exactly the plate 4 in Sole's 

 'Menthae,' 1798. — S. L. Petty, Ulverston, 28th August 1900. 



Pulicaria dysenterica in North Lancashire.- Some time ago I 

 recorded Pulicaria dysenterica Gaartn. from Walney Island, in confirmation 

 of Lawson's record for the species in North Lancashire. It has never been 

 seen, so far as I am aware, in Lawson's original station by the coast on the 

 mainland of Furness. Here is his chronicle of it : — ' Conyza media Ger. 

 By Aldingham in Furneis.' Westm. Notebook, 1889, Part 8, p. .185 (No. 235). 

 I saw what I took to be this in 1887, from a railway carriage, journeying 

 between Ulverston and Greenodd. This year (13th August 1900) I was 

 able to visit the locality — the third field from Greenodd towards Ulverston 

 — and found the species in quantity, and good in both flower and foliage. 

 It is put on record here as a mainland station, as my other was on Walney. 

 Lawson's record is from his ' Notebook,' circ. 1680, and the quotation above 

 is from Mr. J. A. Martindale's 'Extracts,' in the Westmorland Notebook. — 

 S. L. Petty, Ulverston, 28th August 1900. 



Sphagnum laricinum in the East Riding. — I found the very rare 

 Sphagnum laricinum Spruce on Skipwith Common, 12th March 1897, but it 

 has remained unidentified until the present. Mr. E. C. Horrell, F. L. S., has 

 verified it. I believe it to be new to the East Riding. — Wm. Ingham, York, 

 19th March 1901. 



tiypnum pratense as a Yorkshire Moss.— Although I sent this 

 name to Mr. Marshall (see 'Naturalist,' March 1901, p. 67) with very high 

 authority, I wish it to be held over for the present. There is very strong 

 evidence that it is not H. pratense Koch, although it looks like it in habit. 

 Its proper position seems to be Hypniun arcuatum Tindb. var. — Wm. 

 Ingham, York, 19th March 1901. 



Mosses and Hepatics in the Brigg District, Line. N.— The 



Rev. W. W. Mason was at Cadney from the 14th to the 18th February. 

 When it was not snowing the snow was melting. We Went out every day, 

 and as a result sent 4 lbs. weight of mosses to Miss S. C. Stow. She 

 writes : ' There were 35 species of mosses in your parcel. Mnium undu- 

 latum L. was very fine ; and all the specimens were in good condition. 

 This makes such a difference when one has to name them. Several species 

 had not been recorded for Div. 3 before ; and Eurhynchium crassinervium 

 B.&.S. is a second record of N. Lines., though it has been taken frequently 

 in S. Lines. Of the six Hepatics you gathered Lophocolea heterophylla Nees 

 is new to N. Lines., and it has only been recorded once for the South. 

 Fridlania dilatata L., Radida complanata L. , and Pellia epiphylla L." are first 

 records for Div. 3.' It is pleasant to know that in the most 'beastly' 

 weather one's outdoor industry is not altogether thrown away. — E. Adrian 

 Woodrcffe-Peacock, Cadney, Brigg, 11th March 1901. 



NOTES on MOSSES and HEPATICS. 



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