A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE Class I.— PH.EXOGAMIA {ccntinued) Sub-class II. — Monocotyledones {continued) Order LXXlX.—Orchldex (continued) Orchis incarnata, L. 59. Top. Bot. F. A. Lees. Crosh, to Southport ; H. S. Fisher, F. Ai. Webb. ' Still common on the sandhills of both S. and W. Lane' Wheldon in litt. 1903. Hightou-n ; Birkdale; +. Wh. 60. St. Anne's ; bet«'eeu Scorbm and Dolpkinholme ; A. Wilson. Near Docker ; W. and W. — latifolia, L. 59. Near Crosby; Hall. ' Still there.' Wheldon in litt. 1903, Hole ; Southport; + ; Dickinson's Fl. Top. Bot. R. Brown. Formby ; by the A/t,heov/ Lydiate ; R. Brown. Buxton's G. 60. ' In Districts 1,2, 3, 4,' ' Wilson and Wheldon ' in litt. 69. C. Bailey ; Baiter's F/. etc. Some of the older records must be accepted in the aggregate sense Ophrys apifcra, Huds. 59. Top. Bot. Sand- hills near Crosby Station ; Dickin- son — - muscifera, Huds. 60. Si/t-erdale ; C. J. Ashfield, 1 864. ' Still in several places,' 1 904. ; A. Wilson. 69. Withering, 1796 Habenaria albida, R. Br. 59. Goodlad Hb. Top. Bot. Buxton's G. 108. 9. Co.kley Beck ; Banks of Duddon ; -- ; Miss Hodgson, 1874. Coniston ; Miss Beever — viridis, R. Br. 59. Top. Bot. Dickinson's Fl. Buxton's G. 108. 60. C. J. Ashfield, 1864. Silverdale ; A. Wilson, -f. 69. Miss Hodgson — bifolia, R. Br. 59. Dickinson's/"/. (Agg.f) 60. Bailey sp. Top. Bot. C. J. Ashfield, 1864. Silverdale, 'fre- quent,' A. Wilson. -|- ; W. and W. 69. Baker's f/. — chloroleuca, Ridley. 59. Buxton's G.-f- 108. Extinct ? and must be ac- cepted in the aggregate sense. 60. -I-. W. and W. 69. Miss Hodgson, 1874. J. G. Baker, 1885 [Cypripedium Calceolus, L. ' Lancaster.' Brit. Mus. Herb. 'Borough Hall Park' ; MiTtin. Bot. Guide, p. 2J2, 1805. 'In a wood called the Helkes, in Lancashire ' (Yorkshire ! H.F.). Parkinson, Theatrum, p. 218, 1640. Extinct] LXXX.—IriJc^ Crocus nudiflorus, Sm. 59. Top. Bot..' Liver- pool, towards Allinglon ; Withering. Green's Fl. (no recent records). Whitehead's Fl. Buxton's G. Locally abundant about Manchester, 1875— 1903. J. C. Melvill in litt. 60. Nr. Gocsnargh ; R. Standen in litt. ad J. C. MelviU, 1905 LXXXI . — Amary Hide a Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, L. 59. 60. 69. Class I.— PHiENOGAMIA {continued) Sub-class II. — Monocotyledones {continued') LXXXni.—LtRace* Polygonatum officinale. All. 60. Gissing ms. Top. Bot. Dalton Crag, 1 884 ; A. Wilson. [Silverdale ; C. J. Ashfield, 1864. The station is in West- morland, and the plant is still there, Wheldon in litt., 1904] Convallaria majalis, L. 60. Silverdale ; B.R.C. Rep. 1883. -)-. W. and W. Allium Scorodoprasum, L. 59. Bab. sp. Top. Bot. Bank of Mersey ; Dickinson. Wheldon conf. 69. -j-. Miss Hodg- son, 1874. Soppitt, 1894. L. Petty in his Constit. Rev. W. W. Mason — vineale, L. 59. Webb sp. Top. Bot. Near Speke ; Dickinson. 60. A. Wilson, 1896 — oleraceum, L. var. complanatum, Fr. 60. Bank of Greta, near fVray ton, 1901 ; A. Wilson — Schoenoprasum, L. 69. J. Seward. Top. Bot. Chivey Syke, in Cartmel Fell. Wilson, Sy». 255,1744. Miss Hodg- son, 1874 [Maianthemum Convallaria [Weber], ap. Wigg. ' In Lancashire, in Dingley fVood, six miles from Preston in Aun- dernesse ; and in Harwood, neare to Blackburne.' Gerard, Herball, p. 330, 1597. Extinct] Tulipa silvestris, L. 60. Found nr. Whitting- ham, 1870 (approx) by R. Standen ; now lost as a wild plant. In litt. perj. C. Melvill, 1905 Gagea fascicularis, Salisb. 60. Fl. Stonyhurst, 69. Higgins in Baker's Fl. Colchicum autumnale, L. 59. 'Hv.Middleton ; Buxton's G. 50 Narthecium ossifragum, Huds. Formerly called Lancashire Bog Asphodel. 59. ' All mosses . . . around Manchester abundant ; ' Buxton's G. 47. Formby to Barton. Green's F/. 1892. Top. Bot. 60. Ascends from Cockerham Moss to 1,730 feet; Wheldon and Wilson. ' Neere unto the towne of Lancaster.' See Gerard's Herball, p. 88, 1597. 69. Baxter {nr. Coniston), 1837. Miss Hodgson, 1874 Paris qnadrifolia, L. 59. Top. Bot. Dickin- son's FL Buxton's G. 55. Nr. Cli- theroe ; Wheldon in litt. 60. Simp- son sp. Top. Bot. Plentiful, ascend- ing to 1,000 feet, and found in eight districts ; Wheldon and Wil- son LXXXIV. — Juncacea Juncus compressus, Jacq. 59. Burton Marshes ; C. T. Green in Fl. L'pool. 60. Long- ridge Fell ; FL Stonyhurst • — tenuis, Willd. 59. St. Mary's Church- yard, Bootle, Oct. 1903. 'Native' (?) Rev. W. W. Mason in litt. Alien 60
