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T-’TF.T.I) MKFTTNCS, 1952 
JUT.Y nth to 13th, 1952. BAWTRY (NOTTS.) 
Lenders: Dr. R. W. Butcher and Mr. and Mrs. R. C. L. Howitt. 
Eleven members and friends attended this excursion, the main object 
of wliich was to explore the isolated fenland district of Nottinghamshire, 
from where Carr and Sandwith have recorded a great many plants of 
interest. In general no new records were made, but many of the older 
records were confirmed. Of particular interest was the abundance of 
Apera spica,-venti (L.) Beauv. in the district, and the fen plants of an 
uncultivated field near Misson. Whilst all its neighbours were culti- 
vated or mown this field was untended owing to some difference of 
opinion about rates. Doubtless it will shortly be ploughed up like its 
neighbours and a large number of interesting plants will be exter- 
minated. 
The area covered was: two miles of the Chesterfield Canal; the 
river meadows and carrs along each side of the ri\er Idle from Bawtry 
to Misson and Misterton; the sandy eminence of Barrow Hills and odd 
places in. the neighbourhood of Bawtry. 
The following is a list of the more interesting plants seen: — 
(1) Chesterfield Canal. Wiseton : — linnuncuhis circinatus Sibth., 11. 
haudotii Godr. (a form without floating leaves), Mnlva moscliafn !>., 
CalUtriche. fruncnfn Gnss., Sison amoitmm. L., Sfachi/s pohr.stris Ij., 
Triglnehin p<d.usfre. Ij., Putnmoqetun. grnr)uiievs L., V. fHesli Rnpr., 
f\ pectinntus Ij., Catnhrnsn aquafica (Ij.) Beauv. and lirachypodi'um 
pinna f am (L.) Beauv. 
(2) Marshy field near Misson : — liaiinnralas frichojdiyllus Chaix, 
Viola stagnina Kit., Stedlaria p(dasfiis Retz., Lathyrus palustri.'! L., 
Hippiiris vulgaris Ij., HydrocofyJe ralgaris L., Sium latifolvum L., 
Valeriana dioica L., Cirshim dissertarn (D.) Hill, Tyyslmach'ia vidgaris 
Ij., Samolus v<derandi L., Sali.r, x gerninafa Forbes, Juncus suhncxialosas 
Schratdv, J. bulbosus fj., Alisnui lanceolatum. With., Baldellia ran anca.l- 
aides (L.) Pari., Sparganium. neglecturn Beeby, Fotainogetan densus L., 
Zanriichellia paivstris L., J^deogifon fhiitnns (L.) Link, Carer di.stlcha 
TTuds., C. vesicaria L., C. rnsfrata Stokes, C. demissa Hornem., C. nigra 
(Ij.) Reichard, Galarnagrostis canescens (Web.) Gmel. 
(3) Around Misson : — Erysimum cheiranthoides L., Lepidium rarn- 
pestre (L.) R. Br., Sagina apetala Ai-d., S. ciliafa Fries, Sanguusnrba 
offieinalis L., Apiuni irwri.datuni (L.) Lag., Centaurea, scabio.sa L., 
(!h(ien()rrhinum minus (Ij.) Lange, ValerianrlUi dentata (L.) Poll., 
fjamium, hyhridum Vill., Cherwpodium bonus-henricus L., Apera spica- 
venti (L.) Beauv., and Sieglirigia decumbens (L.) Beauv. 
(4) Barrow Hills, Everton : — Viola lepida Jord., V. agrestis Jord., 
Sa,giria apetala Ard., Trifolium medium L., T. striatum L., T. arvense 
L., Ornithopus perpusillus L., Potentilla argentea L., P. erecta. Hampe, 
Jiubus lindleianus Lees, Carlina vidgaris L., Filnga germaniea L., V. 
minima L., G naphalium sylvaticum L., Centaurea scidiinsa. L., Centaurea 
c.yanus L., .\rnoseris minima (L.) Schwtdgg. & Koert.. Echium vulgare 
