. THE riiORV OF LIVERPOOL. 



1. RHINANTHUS. Linn. Yelhw-rattle. 

 1 . H. Crtsta-Galli. L. (Common Y.) May — July. 



Meadows and pastures, very abundant. 



5. MELAMPYRUM. Linn. Cow-wheaL 



1. M. pratense. L. (Common Yellow C.) July, Aug. 



In woods and shady places, not common. 



2. M. SYLVATICUM. L. (Lcsser-flowercd Yellow C.) July. 



Stated by Mr. John Haiiison to grow at Sutton, near St. 

 Helens, and by Mr. H. Aughton, to grow near Southport. 

 There are specimens also in the Herbarium of the Liver- 

 pool Botanic Garden, gathered in Cheshire, and marked 

 M. Sylvaticum (?) In e^ these cases, doubtless, it has been 

 mistaken for M. pratense. 



6. PEDICULARIS. I^inn. Louse-^vort. 



1. T. PALUSTRis. L. (Marsh L.) May — Sept. or 4 



Marshy places and wet pastures, common. 



%. P. SYLVATICA. L. (Pasture L.) April — July, i^ 



Wet pastures and heaths, common. 



7. SCROPHULAEIA. Linn. Figwort 



1. S. NODOSA, L. (Knotted P,) June — August, % 



Moist woods and shady ditches, common. 



2. S. AQUATiCA. L. [S. BalUsii, Hornem.) June — 



September. 4 



Sides of pits and wet places, common. 



" The \ar\Q. oi Gortynafiavago (the Frosted Orange) feeds on the pith; CucuUia 

 Scrophularicc (the Water Betony) feeds upon the plant." 



8. ANTIRRHINUM. Linn. Snapdragon. 

 1. A. MA JUS. L. (Great S.) July — September. 2^ 



Both the purple and white varieties grow abundantly on 

 an old wall near Broad Green ; also on an old brick wall 

 near Wavertree Lake. In both cases, most probably, it 

 has escaped from some garden, — W.H. 



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