THE FLORA OF LIVEBPOOL. 



13. CERASTIUM. Linn. Mouse-ear Chickweed. 

 Decand, Pentagi/n. L. 



1. C. vuLGATUM. L. (Broad-leaved M.) April — Sept. 



Fields, pastures, roofs, and road sides, common. 



2. C. viscosuM. L. (Narrow-leaved M.) Spring and 



Summer. 



In similar situations to those above, but more common. 



3. C. SEMIDECANDRUM. (Little M.) March — May. 



Frequent on the sand hills on the coast. 



4. C. TETRANDUM. Cttst. (Eour-cleft M.) May — July. 



Common on the sand hills at New Brighton, Hoylake, &c. ; 

 also at Bootle, Crosby, Formby, Southport, <fec. By the 

 road sides and banks at Woodside, Oxton, (fee. 



Var. C. atrovirens. Bab. March, April. 



There is a variety occasionally met with amongst the sand 

 hills on the sea coast, which nearly answers to the descrip- 

 tion of G. atrovirens, as given by Babington in his 

 "Manual of Br. Botany." (See Watson's Cybele Britan- 

 nica, pp. 229, 230.) 

 "The following larvae feed upon the diflferent species of Cerastium : — Arctia Caja 

 (the Great Tiger Moth), Arctia Villica (the Cream-spot Tiger Moth), Triphona Ian- 

 thina (the Yellow Underwing), Graphiphora C. nigrum (Setaceous Hebrew Character), 

 Mylhimna grisea (Bright-eyed Clay Moth), Mythimna conigera (Browu-line Bright- 

 eye Moth), and Mylhimna turca (the Double Line)." 



Order XIL Linages. De Cand. 

 The Flax Family, 



1. LINUM. Linn. Flaoo. Pentand. Pentagyn. L. 



1. L. usitatissimum. L. (Common F.) June, July. 



Com fields near the canal at Litherland, plentiful, — W.S. 

 Alien. 



2. L. PERENNE. L. (Perennial Blue F.) June, July. li 



Waste groimd at Woodside, Bootle, &c., but an outcast 

 from a garden. 



3. L. ANGUSTiFOLiuM. Huds. (NarTow-lcaved pale F.) 



May — Sept. V, 



Hill near the obelisk, AUerton,— J.S. in Herb. Bootie,— 

 R. Tudor. Abundant in com fields near Bamston, Che- 

 shire,— W.S. Plentiful by hedge sides and sandy pastures 

 between Tranmere, Bebbington and Oxton. Very abun- 

 dant by the side of some pits near Sir .Tohn Tobin's lodge, 

 on the New Bidston road. 



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