THE FLORA. OF IJVERPOOL. 



Order XXI. Leguminos^:. Juss. 

 The Bean and Pea Family. 



Tribe 1. GENISTEiE. Stamens Monadelphous. 



1. ULEX. Linn. Furze. Monadelph. Becand. L. 



1. U. BUROPiEUS. L. (Common P. Whin or Gorze.) 

 Early Spring and Summer. U 



Very common on sandy and heathy soils, road sides, &c. 



On the Whin are occasionally found the larva of Polyommatus Argiolus (the 

 Azure Blue), also Euthemonia Russula (the Clouded BuflF). 



2. U. NANUS. Eorst. (Dwarf F.) July — November. 2^ 



Bidston Heath, abundant. Gravelly lanes, AUerton, Mere 

 Green, Walton,— W.H. Everton. Heswall Hills. 



3. U. GALLii. Planch. Spring and Autumn. 1(. 



Sand hills, New Brighton, — T. Sansom. Bidston Heath. 



'2. GENISTA. Linn. Green-Weed. Momdelph. Becand. L. 



1. G. TiNCTORiA. L. (Dyer's G.) June — August. ii 



Very common in pastures in Wirral, and about Bootle, 

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



"Apion Genista, and the larva of Hipparchus Cythisaria (the Grass Emerald or 

 Green Carpet) feed ou this species." 



2. G. ANGLiCA, L. (Needle G. or Petty Whin.) May, 



June. U 



Plentiful on the west side of Heswall Hills, about a mile 

 from Gayton Hall, — ^W.S. Near Eastham, — H. Shepherd. 

 In a field near Bidston Stone Quarry, and on Seaforth 

 Common, sparingly, Southport. 



3. SAROTHANMUS. Wimm. Broom. 

 Monadel/ph. Becand. L. 



1. S. scoPARius. Wimm. (Common B.) April — July V, 



Dry hills, borders of fields and shady places, occasionally. 

 On the Railway banks between Broad Green and Roby, 

 abundant. Also on Billinge Hill, — W.S. 



" The larvse of Polyommatus Argus (the Studded Blue), Thccla Rubi (the Green 

 Hair Streak), Calocampa exoleta (the Sword Grass), Hadena contigua (the Beautiful 

 Brocade), Mameslra Pisi (the Broom), Dasychira faxcelina (Dark Tussoc), Speranza 

 limbaria (the Frosted Orange), also, Chrymmela lilura, occellata, and ohlonqoguttata, 

 Lampriat chlorocephala, Apion Ncclonopum, and rarely Apion Spartii feed upon 

 this species. The blossoms yield an abundant supply of honey for bees." 



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