THE FLORA OP LIVERPOOL. 

 OrD. LXII. PLANTAGINACEiE. Juss. 



The Plantain Family. 

 1. PLANTAGO. Linn. Plantain. Tetrand. Monogyn. L. 



1 . P. MAJOR. L. (Greater P.) June — August. U 



Pastures, waste grounds, and road sides, abundant 



2. P. LANCEOLATA. L. (Ribwort P.) June, July, it 



Pastures, meadows, and road sides, abundant 



3. P. MARiTiMA. L. (Sea-side P.) June — September. 11 



Grassy places near the sea shore, from the Dee to South- 

 port, occasionally. Abundant by the muddy inlets of the 

 Mersey, as at Bromboro' and Wallasey Pools, Garston, 

 Hale, &c. 



4. P. CoRONOPUS. L. (Buck*s-horn P.) June, July. 



Gravelly and stony places upon the coast, from Hilbre 

 Island and the Dee to Southport. Occasionally also found 

 inland. 



" Numerous insects are found upon the different species of Plantain ; amongst 

 them, — Pamphila Paniseus (the Chequered Skipper), Euthemonia Rvasula (the 

 Clouded Buff), Nemeophila Flantaginis (the Wood Tiger), Phragmatobia fuliginosa 

 (the Ruby Tiger), Eulepia grammica (the Feathered Footman), Craphiphora erythro- 

 cepha (the Barred Chesnut), Mythimna gritea (the Bright-eyed Clay), Mythimna 

 Lithargyria (the Ochraceous Brown), Grammesia irilinea (the Equal Treble-lines), 

 Caradrina Plantaginit (the Dotted Rustic), Caradrina Ahines (var.) (the Garden 

 Rustic), Mamestra Sua$a (the Dog's Tooth), Xanthia flavago (the Pink-barred Sallow), 

 Cidaria quadrifasciaria (the Large Twin-spot), and Ortho$ia maeilenta (the Yellow- 

 line Quaker)." 



2. LITTORELLA. Linn. Shore-weed. Moncecia Tetrand. L. 

 1. L. Lacustris. L. (Plantain S.) June, July, if 



Watery, stony and sandy places. Abimdant in wet places 

 on Bidston Hill,— W.S. On the borders of a pond near 

 Oxton, — A. Murray, in Halts Flora. Also in similar 

 situations at Crosby, Formby, and Southport 



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