Welsh Journals

FIELD NOTES [Plant notes should be sent to P. M. BENOIT, Pencarreg, Barmouth, Mer. insect notes to P. M. MILES, Werndeg, Cnwch Coch, Aberystwyth, Cards. bird notes to J. W. DONOVAN, Cartlett House, Haverfordwest, Pembs.; mammal and other notes to P. J. PANTING, Maesllyn Cottage, Tre- garon, Cards.] All the records are for 1961 unless otherwise stated. PLANTS RADNOR. (All reported by Mrs. MARGARET TAYLOR.) Prunus padus (Bird Cherry). Between Newbridge-on-Wye and Rhayader. Chrysosplenium alternifolium (Alternate-leaved Golden Saxifrage). Banks of a mountain stream at Rhulen. Primula veris X vulgaris (False Oxlip, Cowslip X Primrose hybrid). Bank at Rhulen. Lathraea squamaria (Toothwort). Many specimens at the base of oaks near the River Edw, near Rhulen. Campanula patula (Spreading Bellflower). Bank near Rhulen. Epipactis helleborine (Broad-leaved Helleborine). Two speci- mens in a meadow at Rhulen. Dactylorchis incarnata (Early Marsh Orchid). Many colour variations near Llanbwlchllyn Lake. Carex curta (Pale Sedge). Llanbwlchllyn Lake. PEMBROKE. (Reported by Mrs. MARY BARNES (M.B.) and T. A. W. DAvis (T.A.W.D.).) Aconitum anglicum (Monkshood). Near Mathry (M.B.). Ranunculus parviflorus (Small-flowered Buttercup). Freshwater West, near Pembroke (M.B.). Chelidonium majus (Greater Celandine). Waste ground in a car park at Haverfordwest, 1 plant (T.A.W.D.). Brassica nigra (Black Mustard). Sandy shingle beside a stream at the head of Solva Harbour, abundant over a limited area. Viola lactea (Pale Heath Violet). Dowrog Moor (M.B.) and in low Ulex europaeus scrub with Calluna at Pwll Crochan, near Strumble Head (T.A.W.D.). Atriplex laciniata (Frosted Orache). On loose sand on the fore- shore at Dale, the site newly colonised 13 plants counted on 18th Aug. (T.A.W.D.). Trifolium striatum (Soft Knotted Trefoil). On hard stony waste ground at St. Ishmaels (T.A.W.D.). Trifolium subterraneum (Subterranean Trefoil). On sandy soil in a disused gravel pit at Marloes (T.A.W.D.). Trifolium micranthum (Least Yellow Trefoil). Damp track on Dowrog Moor (T.A.W.D.).