THE FLORA OF LIVERPOOL. 



2. A. RANUNCULOiDES. L. (Lesser W.) March — Sept. 4 



In ponds and ditches, frequent, both in Wirral and on the 

 Lancashire side of the Mersey, as at Woodside, Bidston, 

 Wallasey, Hoylake, Bootle, Crosby, Formby, Southport, &c. 



Ord. LXXXVII. JuNCAGiNACEiE. Rich. 

 The ArroW'Crrass Family. 



1. TRIGLOCHIN. Linn. Arrow-grass. Hexand. Trigyn. L. 



1. T. PALUSTRE. L. (Marsh A.) June — August. % 



In wet marshy situations, frequent. Bidston Marsh, very 

 plentiful. Also near the Canal bank, and Land Marks at 

 Bootle. Near Crosby, Formby, Southport, &c. 



2. T. MARiTiMUM. L. (Sea-side A.) May — Sept. ii 



Muddy inlets of the Mersey, Dee, and Alt, frequent, as at 

 Wallasey and Bromboro' Pools, Garston, Hale, &c. 

 Hoylake, Formby, and Sotithport. 



Ord. LXXXVIII. Typhace^. Juss. 

 The Reed'Mace Family. 



1. TYPHA. Linn. Cafs4ail, or Reed-mace. 

 Moncec. Triand. L. 



1. T. LATiFOLiA. L. (Great E.) July, August, li 



In ponds and ditches, frequent. 



" The larva of Plusia Festucs (the Gold Spot) feeds upon it. The pupa is placed 

 in a delicate white folliculus, situated beneath a leaf of the Typha, which is bent 

 down angularly for that purpose by the larva." — Baines. 



2. T. ANGusTiFOLiA. L. (Lesser E.) July. 2; 



In ponds and ditches, frequent. 



" There are specimens in the Herbarium at the Botanic 

 Gardens, of Typha minor, from ' a large marl pit, north of 

 Little Crosby,' gathered in 1801. Sir W. Hooker, in his 

 British Flora, doubts its existence in Britain. This plant, 

 however, agrees in all its essential characters with his de- 

 scription. The barren and fertile catkins being distant 

 from each other, and the latter elliptical, the leaves also 

 are linear-setaceous. It is also considerably smaller (less 

 than half the size) than T. angiistifolia, which, about 

 Woodside, appesirs more frequent than T. latifoUa" — 

 T. B. Hall. I have never been able to find that any other 

 specimen, than the one just mentioned, has ever been 

 gathered in this locality, — J.D. 



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