Welsh Journals

FIELD NOTES [Botanical notes should be sent to P. M. Benoit, Pencarreg, Barmouth, Mer. Entomological notes to P. M. Miles, Rhydychen, Abermagwr, Aber- ystwyth. Ornithological notes to W. M. Condry, Felin-y-Cwm, Eglwysfach, Machynlleth. Mammal and other notes to D. G. Sansbury, Is-y-Coed. Talybont, Cards.] [All the records are for 1956, unless otherwise stated.] BOTANICAL Thalictrum minus (Lesser Meadow-rue). Anglesey. Ynys Llanddwyn (R. H. ROBERTS). Hornungia petraea (' Rock Hutchinsia '). Caerns. Calcareous sand-dunes at Abersoch (A. CONOLLY and P. M. SMITH in the Proceedings of the B.S.B.I., vol. 2, p. 28 (1956)). A rare plant usually found on limestone. Erysimum cheiranthoides (Treacle Mustard). Merioneth. One plant on a railway siding at Barmouth Junction on the 13th June (Mrs. K. M. BENOIT). First record for Merioneth. Sisymbrium orientale (Eastern Rocket). Merioneth. Several plants with the last on a railway siding at Barmouth Junction on the 20th June (P.M.B.). Genista anglica (Petty Whin). Anglesey. On a wet heath, Rhos Lligwy (R. H. ROBERTS). Melilotus alba (White Melilot). Anglesey. Amongst a culti- vated crop near Lligwy farm (R. H. ROBERTS). First record for Anglesey. Andromeda polifolia (Andromeda, Moorwort or Bog Rosemary). Cards. At Hafod-wynog-uchaf, Bethania, on the 15th May (P. MORGAN). Pyrola rotundifolia (Round-leaved Wintergreen). Does the Round-leaved Wintergreen grow at Harlech ? This, in its subspecies maritima, is characteristic of damp places in dune areas in the West. It is well known in the Lancashire dunes and has been recorded from Prestatyn in Flintshire (see HYDE and WADE, Welsh Flowering Plants, p. 108 (1934)). It was discovered in 1955, by R. H. ROBERTS, in Newborough Warren in Anglesey (see the Proceedings of the B.S.B.I., vol. 2, p. 34 (1956)), where members of the Merioneth Branch of the W.W.F.S. will remember seeing it on the 23rd June this year-, and it grows in Kenfig Burrows and Crymlyn Burrows in Glamorgan. Therefore, its apparent absence from the Cardigan Bay dune areas is remarkable. Indeed, it has been recorded from Harlech. The Rev. T. SALWEY says of the plant in a Barmouth guidebook of 1863, Cove under the rocks, about a furlong on the south side of Harlech fronting towards the sea, in a wet and rather difficult place to get at. Communicated to Mr. Pughe by the Rev. Mr. Child." When was it last seen ? Is it still there ? The record is unlikely to have been a mistake. It would certainly be worth-while to look for Pyrola rotundifolia at Harlech.