FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT, FOR igoj. 
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cut by the becks of this picturesque part of North-east Yorkshire. 
It is with pleasure that we observe the extension of the distribution 
of Tvientalis to the neighbourhood of Flying-dales. A short, but 
will-filled day was spent near South Cave, on the western escarp- 
ment of the Chalk Wolds, in late June, when some old favourites 
and almost peculiarly East-Yorkshire plants were again seen, — e.g., 
Atvopa belladonna and Rosa arvensis (perhaps the commonest rose in 
the riding). I'horne Waste in July proved in many ways, as it always 
does, most interesting, and not least in showing that that fast vanish- 
ing umbellifer Peucedannni palnstve is still an inhabitant of the county. 
But there were other good things {vide " The Natural History of 
Thorne Waste" in "The Naturalist," September, 1907, page 320). 
The excursion, which embraced Kettlewell, Arncliffe, and Litton- 
dale (August Bank Holiday), perhaps reached the acme of botanical 
success in this year of grace. Old enthusiasts, ever young because 
of their continuous touch with Nature, gave a good account of 
themselves and the flora of this not over-much visited locality. To 
be at once in the region of Saxifvaga Aizoides, Polemonium coeruleum, 
Actcea spicata, Dry as octopetala, and other Yorkshire rarities, and 
to observe exactly so many of their plant associates, was no mean 
privilege. A slight error should, perhaps, be corrected here. The 
plant called Cochlearia danica, in the list ("The Naturalist," October, 
1907, page 349) should be simply Cochleavia officinalis, var. alpina. 
Apart from the excursions, individual members and associates 
of the Y.N.U. have interested and delighted the botanical fraternity 
by published reports of their personal efforts and discoveries. Thus 
Sagina Reuteri, Boiss., is claimed by our lynx-eyed, bryological 
friend, Mr. Wm. Ingham, who discovered the plant, to be a 
native addition to the British Flora. This interesting find was 
made in that noted field of good things botanical — Skipwith Com- 
mon, still a station in \ orkshire for such unusual plants as Hypevicuni 
elodes, Mentha Pulegiuin, Limosella aquatica, Pilularia globnlifera, etc. 
The butterfly orchis, Hahenavia chlorantha, not at all a common East 
Riding plant, has been discovered in abundance in a not much 
frequented part at the eastern foot of the Wolds. Potamogeton 
alpinus has been added from a station near Doncaster by one of the 
Secretaries of this Section ; whilst our other bryological friend, 
Mr. J. J. Marshall and party have ransacked AUerthorpe Common, 
and confirmed old records thereof. 
Finally, lest it be thought that the old, so-called "floristic" 
devotees take little interest in other departments of the great 
botanical study, we are pleased to record the pleasure and in- 
struction that have been derived from the articles on " The Flora 
of the Driftless Area," the Chemistry of Plants, ecological botany, 
etc., that have emanated from members of our Union, and been 
published in that increasingly interesting publication, " The 
Naturahst." 
