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BOTANY. — The Botanical Section will be officially represented by 
Mr. H. H. Corbett. 
Flowering Plants. — Mr. H. H. Corbett writes : — To the phanerogamic 
iDotanist there are few more interesting districts to be found in Yorkshire than 
that around Askern {vide Lankester's " Askern and its Waters," Davis & Lee's 
" West Yorkshire," and Lee's " Flora of the West Riding"). Among the rarer 
and more interesting species to be found in flower, or in the case of the Cyperacecc 
in fruit, at this time of the year, may be mentioned Raniuuidus irichophyllus, 
R. Drouetii, R. floribundus, R. flaniinula, Thalictrtim flavtim, NasiurHtim 
J>ahcstre, N. a9?iphibitim, Arabis hirsuia, Cerasiium seTuidecandrum, Malva 
moschata, Geraniiun pyrenaicuvi, Anthyllis vulneraria, Vicia ielrasperma, 
Myriophyllufii spicalum, Hippuris vulgaris, Pivipinella major, Oenanthe fistulosa, 
0. Lachenalii, 0. Phellandritivi, Silaus pratensis, Pastinaca saliva, Scandix pecten, 
Conitvii maailalum, Galium ttliginostim, Aspcrula cynanchica, Scabiosa Col umbatia, 
Eupaiorium cannabimim. Inula Conyza, Picris liieracioides, Crepis tar ax aci folia. 
Campanula glomerata, Anagallis tenella, Samolus valerandi, Utricularia vulgaris, 
Linaria minor, Calamintha Aciuos^ Nepeia cataria. Salvia Verbenaca, Rumex 
hydrolapathum, Typha angtisiifolia, Sparganiuni sitnplex, Zannichellia palusiris, 
Potamogeton coloraius, Triglochin pahistre, Orchis latifolia June us supimis, 
J. obtusijiorus, Carex acuta, C. hirta, C. flava, C. distans, C. Icevigata, C. 
mnpullacea, C. riparia, Schcetuis nigricans, Scirpus Tabeffioemontani, Cladium 
Mariscus, Calamagrostis lanceolata, Sclerochloa rigida, etc. 
Mosses and Hepatics. — The Yorkshire Bryological Committee will be 
officially represented. 
Mr. W. Ingham, B.A., writes : — The records of these plants are few in 
number, and it is a district that requires working. No Hepatics seem to have 
been recorded, and only the following Mosses : — Barbula Hornschuchiana, Zygodon 
viridissimus, Ettrhynchimn ?nurale, Fissidens adiantiodes (tall and fine growth), 
Hypnum aduncum, var. typicum, var. falcata, and Hypnum ititermedium (fine 
growth). The last three grow in a field where there is a pump of Spa water, and 
the last rare moss, a very shy fruiter, is found in fruit. This field in the wet part 
is good moss ground. 
Fungi. — The Yorkshire Mycologioal Committee will be officially represented 
by Mr. C. Crossland, F.L.S. 
Mr. Crossland writes : — A Union Fungus Foray was held at Sutton near 
Askern in September, 1899, when 238 spp. were collected in the neighbouring 
woods and fields {Naturalist, December. 1899, pp. 367 — 372). Plants of this class 
"being so very inconstant in their appearance, it is impossible to say what may or 
may not be found. Careful investigation will, however, most certainly add to those 
already on record for this district. 
MICRO-ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY.— Mr. M. H. Stiles reports that in 
this department a fair amount of work has at various times been done, records of 
which will be found in the Excursion Programmes 1886 and 1893, and in the 
Naturalist for October, 1893. November 1900, and April 1906. Much more, 
however, remains to be done and advantage should be taken on this occasion, not 
only to verify old records, but also to establish new ones. 
The Pool, the Pond near the Bog, and Wrancar Drain, are favoured localities 
for Diatoms. Those who visit Thorpe Brick Pond may hope to find Volvox, 
Melicerta, Stephanoceras, etc., whilst Plumatella has been met with in a Pond 
Taetween Owston and Burgwallis. 
The low-lying land near the Bog is of considerable interest, and an examination 
of the earth burrowed up by the burrowing Moles, will well repay the observer. In 
addition to many species of Fresh-water and Terrestrial Water Shells [Limtma, 
Planorbis, Helix, etc.,) the soil will be found rich in Diatoms and in the spicules 
of the two British species of the Fresh- water Sponge {Spongilla lacustris, and S. 
Jiuviatilis), thus furnishing additional evidence of the lacustrine origin of the deposit. 
VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY.— The Vertebrate Section will be officially 
represented by Mr. Riley Fortune, F.Z.S. 
Mammals. — Mr. R. Fortune writes : — There does not appear to be many 
^records. At a previous meeting of the Union, I noted amongst others. Shrew and 
the Common and Red Field Voles. Records of Bats would be particularly interesting. 
