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EXCUHSIONSj 1947. 
Coelo(jlosswm viride (L.) C. Hartm. Walker’s Hill. 
riotantheiu chlorantha (Custer) Rclib. West Woods. 
P. hifolia (L.) Rich. em. Rchh. Knoll Down. Walker’s Hill. Knap Hill. 
Pohjgonafum muUiflormii (L.) All. Whetliam Woods. Prickinoor Wood. 
West Woods. 
Colchicum- aiitumnaJe L. West Woods. 
+.4oo?'i/s Ccdumus L. Rowood. 
Scivpus sijlvaticus T^. Prickinoor Wood. Bowood. 
Carex sfrigosa. Huds. Silverstreet AVood. Prickinoor AA'ood. 
C. Jaevigat(h Sm. Spye Park. 
C. pullescens L. Silverstreet AVood. 
Anthoxanthum odoratum B. var. sfrictu7n- Asch. A Graebn. Silverstreet 
AA'ood ; coll. N. Y. Sandwith ; det. C. E. Hubbard. 
iJactylis glomerafa L. var. coUina Schl. Milk Hill ; coll. N. Y. »Sandwitli ; 
det. C. E. Hubliard. 
Glifceria d'Cdrnafa Breb. Pond on Milk Hill. 
Pryoptev'is spiiiulosu Kuntze. Spve Park. 
J. D. G. 
JUNE 27-30. THE MANIFOLD VALLEY (STAFFORDSHIRE). 
.Leader-. Mr E. S. Edb:es, M.A., assisted by Messrs E. T. and R. H. H.\ll. 
About 30 inemliers took jiart in this field meeting. The ]iarty 
assembled at Ashbourne on Friday evening, 27th June, when the Leader 
gave a short account of the Alaiiifold A’’alley and outlined tlie work to 
be done. On the two following days members explored the valley and 
hillsides in the neighbourhood of Wetton Mill. Lists of the species 
known to occur in the district were provided by the Ijeader, and it was 
hoped that intensive observation by many pairs of eyes would result in 
the discovery of some species already known from Derbyshii-e (v.-c. -57) ' 
but not yet recorded from the limestone district of north Staffordshire 
(v.-c. 39). No new vice-county records were, however, made, but the 
district was well explored and several old records were confirmed. 
Apart from the advertised programme, certain members also ))aid 
visits to AIoss Carr near Hollinsclough, a very extensive bog, Stanton, 
to see some typical upland pastures, and Reaps Moor near Fawfieldbead 
to see some inoorland on acid rock. 
Satttruay, 28th June. 
The party left Ashbourne at 10 o’clock in private cars for Wetton 
Aliil near Butterton. Here the cars were left and the party ]>roceeded to 
exploi'e the Manifold A^alley for a mile or so above the Alill. Lunch was 
taken near Wetton Alill, after which the party divided. One section 
visited Sugar Tjoaf, north of AVetton Mill, another ex])lored the rocks 
and thickets aiound Thor’s Cave, while yet a thii-d section explored the 
grassy slopes on the north and west sides of Ossom’s Hill, where a strange 
mixture of calcicole and calcifuge species was noted. After an excellent 
tea at AAYtton Mill, the members became independent. 
