THE FrX)RA OF LIVERPOOL. 



4. ONONIS. Linn. Rest-Harrmo. Monadelph, Becand, L. 

 1. O. AUVENSis. L. (Common R.) July — September. V^ 



Borders of fields, way-si<lo';. nnrl ^tind liills along the 

 coast, common. 



VaR. b. O. ANTIQUORUM. L. 



Common in similar situations to the above. Little 

 Sutton, (fee. 



There is a white variety found plentifully on the banks of 

 the Mersey, near Egremont The plant is very variable 

 indeed in its characters, being erect or procumbent, 

 spinous or unarmed, (fee. 



Folia iincla (the Silvery Arches), and the larra of HeliotU marginata (the Bor- 

 Aered Sallow), feed on this specien. 



5. ANTHYLLIS. Linn. Kidney-Vetch, 

 MonadeJ^h. Becand, L. 



1. A. vuLNERARiA. L. (Common K. or Lad/s Fingers.) 

 June — September, li 



Common on the sand hills along the coast. 



Tribe II. TRIFOLIEtE. Stamens Diadelphous. 

 Leaves 3 — 5 foliolate. 



6. MEDICAGO. ]jinn. Medick. Biadelph, Becand. L. 



1. M. SATiVA. L. (Purple M. or Lucerne.) June, July. il 



Occasionally in pastures and corn fields, but not wild. 



2. M. LiiPULiNA. L. (Black M. or Non-such.) May — 



August. 



Abundant in waste and cultivated grounds. 



3. M. MACULATA. Sibth. (Spotted M.) May — Aug. 



Broad Green Railway banks, rare, — ^W.H. 



7. MELILOTUS. Tourn. Melilot, Biadelph. Becand, L. 



1. M. OFFICINALIS. L. (Common Yellow M.) June — 

 August. <? or 2^ 



Common in sandy fields at Formby, and on the clay banks 

 along the shore at Speke and Garston, — W.S. Conmion 

 on the Railway banks between Broad Green and Roby, — 

 W.H. By the side of a footpath near Wallasey Pool,^J.S. 

 In a hedge near Little Sutton, plentiful. 



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