42 
this was the only record for Yorkshire, hut in that year (1885) 
Mr. H. T. Soppitt found this Carex on Penyghent, so that we 
may hope that the old record of Dalton may he confirmed. 
Among the. members of the N.O. Cyperacese which are 
rapidly diminishing in Yorkshire, or have become extinct 
owing to drainage, &c., since 1790, reference may he made to 
Carex limosa L. This rare Carex has a wide distribution 
among the spongy hogs of Arctic Europe, W. Asia, and 
N. America. In Great Britain it is very local, hut its range 
extends from Caithness to Dorset. 
The specimens in your Herbarium are from 
Terrington Carr, 1790, It. Teesdale, now gone (1893.) 
Tanfield Hall Carr, 1807, Dalton, „ „ 
Suett Carr, 1840, Ibbotson, „ ,, 
Leckby Carr, 1809, Dalton, &c. ,, „ 
Cladium manscus (Br.) Terrington Carr, 1790, It. Teesdale, 
now lost (1893). 
Cladium mariscus (Br.) Stavely Carr, Yorkshire, Dalton, 
1802, now lost (1893). 
Carex paradoxa (Willd.) Heslington Fields, 1842, Spruce, 
Moore, Backhouse, now lost (1893). 
Carex elongata L. Near Aldwark by the river Don, 
Sheffield, J. Salt, 1803; not observed 1876. A Carr, vide 
F. A. Lees, Flora, West Yorkshire. 
Carex elongataTi. Langwith, 1842, Moore, not seen (1893), 
H.J.W. 
RhyncJiospora alba Yahl. Diminishing on Strensall Common 
and will soon he extinct here (1893). 
Scirpus acicularis L. Diminishing on Strensall Common. 
Scirpus taberncemontani (Gmel.) ,, ,, ,, 
Carex teretiuscula (Good). Terrington Carr, 1790, now 
lost (1893). It. Teesdale. 
Carex curia. Rare in the Ripon and York district and 
diminishing (in 1893). 
Carex distans L. Rare in the Ripon and York district 
and diminishing (in 1893). 
Carex jilifor mis L. Rare in the Ripon and York district 
and diminishing (in 1893). 
Carex pseudo-cyperus L. Rare in the Ripon and York 
district and diminishing (in 1893). 
