THE FLORA OF LIVERPOOL. 



4. L. CATHARTicuM, L. (Purging Flax.) June — Sept. 



Dry pastures, common on both sides of the Mersey. 



2. BADIOLA. Gmel. Flax-seed, Tetrand, Tetragyn. L. 

 1. R. MiLLEGRANA. Sm. (Thyme-leavcd F.) July, Aug. O 



In Simmons- Wood Moss, common ; also on hills between 

 Parkgat« and West Kirby,— W.S. Plentiful on sandy 

 banks and moist gravelly soils in various parts of Wirral, 

 as at Bidston, Oxton, Heswall, &c. Southport. 



Ord. XIII. Malvaceae. The Mallow Tribe. 

 1. MALVA. Linn. Mallow. Monadelph. Poh/and» L. 



1. M. sYLVESTRis. L. (Common M.) May — Sept. U 



Waste places and way sides, common. 

 A white variety is found at Hoylake by J.S. 

 Apion Malv<B, A. oxurum A. ceneum, and Haltica rvfipes, inhabit the different 

 species. The larva of Larantia cervinaia (the Mallow), feeds on tltem. 



2. M. ROTUNDiFOLiA. L. (Dwaif M.) June — Sept. U 



Waste places and way sides, common. Bidston, Hoylake, 

 Fazakerley, &c., — W.S., W.H. Formby, Southport, &c. 



3. M. MOSCHATA. L. (Musk M,) July, August. 2^ 



Banks near Otterspool, Aigburth, but not common, — W.S. 

 Abundant in a field at Little Sutton. Not now to be found 

 at Woodside. Southport, — Aughton. 



2. . ALTHAEA. Linn, Marsk Mallow. 

 Monadelph. Folyand. L. 



1 . A. OFFICINALIS. L. (Common M.) Sept., Oct. 1\. 



Southport, according to the " Guide to Southport," but I 

 have never met with any one who has seen it grow there ; 

 and it is judiciously excluded from Mr. Aughton's List of 

 Plants. 



Obd. XIV. TiLiACE^. The Lime Family. 



1. TILIA. Linn. Linie. Poly and. Monogyn. L. 

 1. T. PARViFOLiA. Ehrh. (Small-leaved L.) July, Aug. \ 



In Woolton I'ark, — W.S. In young plantations between 

 Croxteth and Knowsley Halls, — W.H. Occasionally met 

 with in other places (woods, hedges, Ac.) near Liverpool 

 and Wirral, but in all these cases not to be considered in- 

 digenous. 



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