THE FLORA OF LIVERPOOL, 



5. S. REFLEXUM. L. (Crooked Yellow S.) July, Aug. 2^ 



Occasionftlly on walls, roofs, and thatched buildings. 

 Tranmere, Clanfifhton Hall, etc. 



Ord. XXXII. GROSSULARIACE^. De Cand. 

 The Gooseberry Family. 



1. RIBES. Linn. Currant and Gooseberry, 

 Pentand. Monogyn. L. 



1. R. Grossularia. L. (Common G.) April, May. \ 



Occasionally in hedges and thickets, hut scarcely indi- 

 genous. 



2. R. RUBRiTM. L. (Common or Red C.) April, May. \ 



Not unfrequent in hedges and thickets, both in "Wirral and 

 Lancashire, but not indigenous. 



The Aphx* Ribes frequently attacks this plant, and then the green leaves become 

 red, pitted, and puckered. 



A small fungus, Siromatospharia ribesia, is found on the dead branches. 



3. R. NIGRUM. L. (Black C.) April, May. U 



Tn similar situations and under similar circumstances as 

 the above. 



Numerous insects feed on the different species of Ribes. " The small caterpillar 

 with brown head and legs, of the beautiful ^geria Tipuliformis (the Ciirrant Hawk), 

 feeds on the pith. Polia jiavocincta (the Large Ranunculus), the Ghta Satleliiia (the 

 Satellites), and the Abraxas grossulariata (the Currant Moth)," 



Ord. XXXIII. SAXIFRAGACEiE. Juss. 

 The Saxifrage Family. 



1. SAXIFRAGA. Linn. Saxifrage. JDecand. Bigyn. L. 



1. S. GRANULATA. L. (White Meadow S.) May, June, li 



Plentiful in an open part of a wood near the top of Jack 

 Lane, West Derby, — ^W.H. Also with double flowers in 

 Woolton Park, abundantly, where probably it has been 

 planted. 



2. S. TRiDACTYLiTES. L. (Rue-leaved S.) May, June. 



Abundant on sand hills on both sides of the estuary, from 

 Hoylake to Southport ; also on old walls, occasionally, 

 inland. Wallasey, Bidston, ttc, Brighton, — K. Tudor. 



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