THE PLOBA OP LIVERPOOL. 



Var. a. Hook. & Arnott. " Involucre about as long 

 as the corollas." 



Var. b. Hook. & Arnott. T. minor. Fries. 

 " Involucre twice as long as the corollas/' 



Both varieties are met with on the sand hills, but the 

 first is the more common. 



2. HELMINTHIA. Juss. Ox-tongue. 



1. H. ECHioiDES. Gfertn. (Picris echioides. L.) (Bristly O.) 

 June — August. U 



Clay banks on the shore of the Mersey at Aigburth, abun- 

 dant. Hedge banks by the road side from Bidston to 

 Hoylake, frequent, — W.S. Common on clay land between 

 Hoylake and Saughall-Massie, — W.H. South shore of 

 Liverpool, and near Speke Hall, — J.S. in Herb. Walton, 

 — R. Tudor. Frequent on the road from Claughton to 

 Upton, and near Bromboro' Pool. 



3. APAEGIA. Schr. HawJc-Ut. 



1. A. HispiDA. Willd. (Eough H.) June — August, if: 



Meadows and pastures, not unfrequent in Wirral. 



2. A. AUTUMNALis. Willd. (Autumnal H.) August. IX 



Very common in meadows, pastures, and waste places. 



4. THRINCIA. Roth. Thrinda, 



1. T. HiRTA. Roth. (Hairy T.) July, August. V, 



Common in gravelly places, meadows, and way sides. 



5. HYPOCH^RIS. Linn. Cafs-ear. 



1. H. RADiCATA. L. (Long-rooted C.) July, August. 4 

 Common in meadows, pastures, and way sides. 



•• The larv8B of Cerigo texta (the Straw-coloured Underwing), and of Pyrophila 

 Tragopogonis (the Mouse), feed on this species." 



6. LACTUCA. Linn. Lettuce. 



1. L. MURALis. Less. fPrenantkes Muralis. L.) (Ivy- 

 leaved L.) June — August. 2| or ^ 



Frequent in woods at Ince. Plentiful in a wood between 

 Billinge and Windle,— W.S. Sefton,— T. Sansom. 



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