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Hofflu., CuilvdUaria inajnlis L. and Melica nutans L., to- 
gether with several species of Rosa still awaiting critical determina- 
tion. At the jiuK-tion of ('oombs Dale and Hough Side Cirsivvi 
eriophorurn (L.) Scop, was found to be locally abundant, more especially 
on the rough ground associated with the old lead mine workings. This 
is a species which is rare on the Carboniferous Limestone of the Peak 
District. The grassland slopes provided many typical species, the 
more notable being: — Sagina nodosa (L.) Fenzl, S. apetala Ard., 
Potentilla vertia L., Alche.miUa glabra Neygenfind, (lolium saxatile L., 
G. pumilutn Murr., Myosutis arvetisis (L.) Hill, Euphrasia nemorosa 
(Pers.) H. Mart., Gymn.oca ipiuin Rohertianum (Huffm.) Newm. 
At the end of the morning the party returned to the bus for lunch, 
during which they listened to a recorded broadcast discussion on 
British Orchids in which Mr. V. S. Summerhayes of Kew was taking 
part. Interest in this talk was greatly enhanced by the fact that Mr. 
Summerhayes himself was present with us in the bus and available to 
receive our thanks and congratulations on its conclusion. 
After lunch the weather improved considerably and the party was 
conveyed to Brampton East Moor where facilities for exploration had 
very kindly been granted to the Society by the Chatsworth Estates 
Ltd. The afternoon’s search of this stretch of moorland proved to be 
the most useful botanical work done during the week-end. Many of 
the old records mentioned by the leader in the preliminary discussion 
on Friday evening were re-established and several new ones added. 
The following plants might be mentioned; — Viola palustris L., Drosera 
rotundifolia L., Hydrocotyle vulgaris L., Galium uliginosum L., G. 
palustre L., Valeriana dioica L., Vaccinium Myrtillus L., V. Vitis- 
idaea L., Oxycoccus palustris Pers., Erica cinerea L., E. Tetralix 
L., Anagallis tenella (L.) Murr., Menyanthes trifoliata L., Salix 
atrocinerea Brot., Empetrum nigrum L., Orchis ericetorum (E. F. 
Linton) E. S. Marshall, Juncus conglomeratus L., J. effusus L., J. 
articulatus L., J . bulbosus L., J . squarrosus L., Potamogeton polygoni- ' 
folius Pourr., P. Berchtoldii Fieb., P. alpinus Balb., Scirpus pauci- 
florus Lightf., Carex Hostiana DC., G. demissa Hornem., G. panicea 
L., G. nigra (L.) Reichard, G. ovalis Good., G. echinata Murr., G. curta 
Good., C. pulicaris L., G. dioica L., Agrostis stolonifera L. In addi- 
tion to the above species from the moor Nasturtium microphyllum 
(Boenn.) Reichb. and Epilobiv in obscuram Schreb. were collected by the 
roadside where the bus was parked. The former appears to be the first 
published record for this species for v.-c. 57. 
At the close of the aftei-noon’s botanizing the party returned to 
Baslow, where an excellent tea was provided at the Peacock Hotel. 
Although this concluded the official excursions, several members 
remained in Buxton for a few more days and were taken to places of 
botanical interest by Miss R. Carey and Mr. F. T. Hall. From these 
supplementary excursions Mr. Summerhayes records Epilobium 
obscurum tSchi-eb. and Myosotis secunda A. Murr. from Hogshaw Brook, 
Buxton, and confirms Gymnadenia conopsea (L.) R. Br. var. densiflora 
