THE FLOEA OF LIVERPOOL. 



Ord. XXVIII. CUCURBITACEiE. Juss. 

 The Cucumber Family, 



1. BRYONIA. Linn. Bryony. Dioeda Tri-jpentand. L. 

 1. B. DioiCA. Jacq. (Red-berried B.) May — Sept. h> 



Hedges at Weston, near the Soap-works, 1850, — 

 Harrison. 



Ord. XXIX. PORTULACEiE. Juss. 

 The Purslane Family. 



1. MONTI A. Linn. Blinks. Triand. Ti 



I. M. FONTANA. L. (Water B, or Chickweed.) April- 

 July. 



In wet boggy places and ditch sides, frequent. 



Ord. XXX. PARONYCHIACE^. St. HiU. 

 The Knot-wort Family. 



1. HERNIARIA. Linn. Rupture-wort. Pentand. Bigyn. L. 

 1. H. GLABRA. L. (Glabrous R.) July, August, 2; 



Mr. John Harrison, of St. Helen's, brought me, on two 

 occasions in 1850, fresh specimens "gathered near St. 

 Helens Old Railway, at a distance from any house," yet I 

 cannot but consider it as an outcast from some garden. 

 In Glazebrook's Guide to Southport, and in Aughton's 

 List of Southport Plants, it is stated to grow there, but 

 assuredly only as an outcast from a garden, — J.D. 



2 & 8. Spergularia. Pers., and Spergula. Linn. See 

 Caryophyllace^. 



4. Scleranthus. Linn. See Scleranthac/E. 



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