THE PLORA OP LIVERPOOL. 



7. AQUILEGIA. Linn. Columbine. 



L. 



1, A. VULGARIS. L. (Common C.) May — August. l(. 



Woods and hedge banks, occasionally in the neighbour- 

 hood, but in all cases the outcast of a garden. 

 • " The larva of Poiia Chi (the July Chi) feeds on the plant." 



Ord. II. BERBERiDACEiE. Vent. The Barberry Family. 



1. BERBERIS. Linn. Barhernj. Hexand. Monogyn. L. 

 1. Berberis VULGARIS. L. (Commou B.) May, June. ^ 



Knowsley woods. Hedges at Aigburth, Bromboro', &c., 

 plentiful, but planted. 



The larva of Anliclea Berberata (the Cloaked Carpet) feeds on this shrub. 



Ord. hi. NYMPH^ACEiE. The Water Lily Family, 



1. NYMPH^A. Linn. WMte Water Lih/, 

 Pol^and, Monogyn. L. 



1. N. ALBA. L. (Great W.) July, August, if 



In ponds and pits, very common. 



The larva of Hydrocampa Potamogeta (the Brown China Mark) feeds on this 

 plant. 



2. NUPHAR. Sm. Yellow Water Uly, 

 Polyand. Monogyn. 



1. N. LUTEA. Sm. (Common Y.) June, July. U 



In a pond between the large stone quarry and the "Little 

 Britain" public house, Knowsley, abundant. In an old pit 

 between the tan yard and the railway, near the Old Swan, 

 — ^W.H. In the river Alt, between Kirby and Fomiby, com- 

 mon. In watery places on Formby Marsh, plentiful, — W.S. 

 Southport. Near New Ferry, — H. C. Watson. Pits near 

 Hoylake, — ^Miss E. Potts. 



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