THE FLORA OP LIVERPOOL. 



7. E. AcBix>SA. L. (Common 8.) June, July. U 



Meadows and pastures, common. 

 "The lanra of the Ino Statiee$ (the Green Forester) feeds on this pUnt." 



8. R. AoETOSBLLA. (Sheep's S.) May — August. 2| 



Dry pastures and waste j^round, common. Very abundant 

 about Bidston, Ox ton, (i'c. 



Ord. LXVI. ThymelacevE. Juss. 

 The Daphne Family. 



1. DAPHNE. Linn. Mezereon and Spurge-Laurel. 

 Octand. Monogyn. L. 



1. D. Laureola. L. (Common S.) January — April. ^ 



Banks of the Mersey near the Decoy, Hale, — J.H. An 

 outcast from some garden. 



Ord. LXVII. Euphorbiace^. Juss. 

 The Spurge Family. 



1. MEBCURIALIS. Linn. Mer<yiiri/. Dicec. Foh/aiid. L. 



1. M. PERENNis. *L. (Perennial or Dog's M.) March — 

 May. V, 



Woods and shady places, abundant, both in Wirral and 

 Lancashire, as at Eastham, Bromboro', Croxteth and 

 Knowsley woods. 



2. EUPHORBLA., Linn. SpjtA'ge. Moncec. Monand. L. 

 1. E. HELioscoFiA. L. (Suu S.) Juue — October. 



In waste and cultivated ground, verj- common. 



%. E. Paralias. L. (Sea S.) August — November. 4 



Abundant on the Dee shore, near the village of Caldy, — 

 W.S.; also at Heswall,— T. Sansom. Plentiful on the 

 sand hills between Formby and Southport. 



"The larva of Deilephila Euphorbia (the Spotted Hawk-Moth) feeds on this 

 species, and on E. Cyparissias." 



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