THE FLORA OF WEST YORKSHIRE. 
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such as native, casual, denizen, colonist, and the like, and 
followed in many instances by those pleasant critical observa¬ 
tions which .mark the work of a real student and true lover of 
his subject. 
The Characeae are arranged in accordance with the 
excellent monograph of Messrs. H. and J. Groves, and here 
we have records of 12 out of the 25 British species—a very 
full and complete list. 
Bryophyta, which follows, includes a record of all the 
mosses and liepatics of the West Riding. This occupies 97 
pages, and is probably the most extensive and complete record 
yet published of any British district. Among the recorders 
are some well-known names, such as W. Wilson, J. Nowell, 
J. G. Baker, and Messrs. West. Hobkirk, Slater, Barnes, 
Stabler, Carrington, Spruce, and Pearsal, so that some of the 
ablest and most reliable workers in this field of study have 
aided in producing this portion of the flora; hence its fulness. 
The only plant one misses is Pteriyynandrurn Jiliforme , which 
the writer certainlv observed in Bolton Wood. The total 
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number of mosses and liepatics recorded is 448. 
The Lichens occupy twenty-nine pages, and give a record 
of 258 species. The classification and nomenclature is that 
of Leighton’s “ Lichen Flora of Great Britain.” In these plants 
the records are mainly from Dr. Carrington, J. G. Baker, 
Boliler, West, and Stansfield. This study is one of minutiae, 
and requires closer investigation than most other botanical 
studies, hence we rarely find these plants as fully recorded as 
in the case of mosses, and the more conspicuous cryptogams; 
the district, however, seems to have been well worked, and 
the record is a good one. 
Fungi occupy eighty pages and give a record of 1,009 
species, of which 488 belong to the Hymenomycetes. 
Although the records of these plants date back to James 
Bolton, whose “History of Funguses” is now classic, and 
known by reputation throughout the world, little seems to have 
been done in the West Riding since his day, until some seven 
years ago the first Fungus Foray ever held in Yorkshire gave 
an impetus to the study. So that, while the “ History of 
Funguses” gives the kernel to the Fungus florula, it is the work 
of enthusiasts during the past seven years that has supplied 
the main material, and the record does them great credit. 
Following this is the Fresh Water Algae, revised by William 
West, the arrangement being that of Dr. Cooke in his 
recently published “British Fresh Water Algae,” this occupies 
thirty-two pages, and records 882 species, including the 
diatoms. 
