THE FLOllA OP LIVERPOOL. 



3. ANEMONE. Linn. Anemone. Polyand. Tolygn. L. 

 1. A. NEMOROSA. L. (Wood Anemone.) March — June. 



In the open fields, and by the sides of ditches, at Fazak- 

 erley, abundant, — ^W.H. In a wood by the road side near 

 Koby Hall, plentiful, — J.S. Gilbrook, Bromborough, Beb- 

 bington,Eastham, (fee. woods, abundant. Dingle, Childwall. 



In the above named wood, near Roby Hall, occurs the variety A. nemorosa flor. 

 pleno, mingled with the single flowered species, — W.H. 



4. ADONIS. Linn. Fheasanfs Eye. Poly and. Tolygn. L. 



1. A. AUTUMNALis. L. (Com Adonis, or Pheasant's Eye.) 

 Sept. and Oct. 



Found occasionally in com fields. 



5. KANUNCULUS. Linn. Crowfoot, SpearworL 

 Poly and. Polygn. L. 



1. K. AQUATiLis. L. (Common Water C.) Spring and 



Summer. If 



Very common in ponds and ditches. 



2. R. ciRCiNATUs. Sibth. (Rigid-leaved Water C.) June — 



Sept. V, 



Common in ponds and ditches about Woodside and Bid- 

 ston, and other parts of Wirral. 



3. R. HEDERACEUS. L. (Ivy-leaved C.) Throughout the 



summer, if 



Common in ditches, wet places, and where water has stood 

 during winter. 



4. R. LENORMANDi. Schultz. Juuc, July. If 



Ditches about Wavertree, — Wm. Bean. 



5. R. LINGUA. L. (Great Spearwort.) June — Sept. 2f 



Ditches in Little Crosby, frequent. Formby Marsh, fre- 

 quent, — W.S. Southport. Litherland, near the railway 

 station, — K. Tudor. 



6. R. FLAMMULA. L. (Lcsscr S.) June — August. 2f 



In ditches and wet places, very common. 



7. R. FiCARiA. L. (Pilewort C, lesser Celandine.) March — 



May. n 



In wet shady places, meadows, hedge banks, (fee, abundant. 



Curculio dorsalis is found upon this plant ; likewise a small parasitic fungus, 

 CEcidium Ficaria, covering the leaves with bright orange. The Brimstone Butterfly 

 (Gonepleryx Rhamni) is frequently seen upon it. 



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