198 Yorkshire Naturalists at Hebden Bridge. 



Telephorus pallida F. Phyllobius ahieii F. 



Otiorhynchus picipes F. Phyllobius argentatus L. 



Phyllobius calcaratus F. 



Flowering Plants and Ferns. — Mr. W. B. Crump reports : — 

 There was a large contingent of botanists from Halifax, Elland, 

 and Huddersfield, also Messrs. T. W. Woodhead, C. E. Moss, 

 W. P. Winter, and others, besides the cryptogamic botanists. 

 There was no notable find, though the wealth of ferns in the 

 doughs caught everybody's attention, and the abundance of 

 some species like Bistort was novel to at least some. The 

 association of Bluebells, Bracken, and Holciis mollis was noticed 

 to be a common feature in the Oak woods. Butterwort was 

 found near Walshaw stepping-stones. CEnanthe crocata, Asperula 

 odorata, Cardajnine a?iiara, Geiim rivale, Listera ovata, and 

 Habenai^a conopsea were some of the rarer flowering plants 

 observed in one or other valley. Specimens of Barberry from 

 Hawksclough and of Salix pentaiidra from Walshaw Dean were 

 also brought to the meeting. The Wall-rue and Polypody ferns 

 were seen in one place on an old wall. Moonwort and Adder's- 

 tongue were obtained near Shackleton in crossing from one 

 valley to the other. The beautiful variety of the Male Fern 

 with scaly rachis (Z. Filix-7nas var. paleacea) was common, as 

 were L. Oreopteris, L. dilatata, and Athyrium Filix-foemina, and 

 of the last the variety rhcsticmn was also seen. 



Mosses and Hepatics.^ — Mr. W. Ingham writes : — The route 

 taken by the bryologists along Hebden Valley to Hardcastle 

 Crags, returning by Lumb Falls and Crimsworth Dean was 

 very rich in these plants. Mr. Needham, who knows the ground 

 so well, proved an admirable guide to the habitats of many rare 

 mosses. This note would indeed be a long one were I to 

 mention all the mosses and hepatics observed during the day, 

 so it must suffice to mention those only which are additions to 

 the plants mentioned in the Union's circular. 



Hepatics. — These are abundant and luxuriant in growth. 

 The most important, next to Mr. Needham's great find of 

 Jubula HutchinsicE, is Scapania subalpina, which seems to be the 

 dominant liverwort of the Hebden Valley. No doubt this plant 

 has been mistaken in the past for Scapania undulata^ which also 

 occurs in this valley, but only in small quantity, compared with 

 the rarer species. S. szibalpina may be distinguished from the 

 common S. undulata by the small size of the former, by the cells 

 becoming suddenly smaller from the centre to the margin of the 

 leaf, by the small distant teeth composed of only one cell each. 



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