THE FLORA OP LIVEKPOOL. 



2. C. PALUSTRis. Willd. (Marsh P.) July. 3" 



^ Moist meadows and shady places, frequent, with both pur- 



ple and white flowers. 



3. C. ARVENSis. Hoff. (Creeping P.) July, if. 



In fields and by road sides, very common. 



4. C. ERioPHORUS. Willd. (Wooly-headed P.) July, 



August. 3 



Southport, — R. Aughton's List. This however requires 

 confirmation, as I have never been able to meet with any 

 one else who has seen it growing in this locality. 



17. ONOPOEDUM. Linn. CoUon-tUstle. 

 1. 0. AcANTHiTJM. L. (Common C.) July, August. $ 



Waste ground and gravelly soils. Hoylake and West 

 Kirby, plentiful. About Saughall-Massie, rare, — J. Sk. 



18. CAELINA. Linn. CarUne-thistle. 

 1. C. VULGARIS. L. (Common C.) 



Common on the sand hills of Crosby, Formby, and South- 

 port. 



19. CENTAUREA. Linn. 



Knapweed, Blue-bottle, and Star -thistle. 



Syngenes. Frustranea. Linn. 



1. C. NIGRA. L, (Black discoid K.) June — August. 2; 



Meadows, pastures, and road sides, very frequent. 



2. C. ScABiosA. L. (Greater K.) July — September. 2| 



Com fields, barren pastures, &c. Fields near Seaforth, 

 abundant in 1844. Field near Wallasey Chiu-ch, — Mr. 

 Maughan. Southport, — H. Aughton, and Mr. Glazebrook. 



" Tlie larva of Orthosia Pistacina (the Veiny Chestnut), may occasionally be found 

 on this species." 



3. C, Cyanus. L. (Corn B.) June — August. 



Com fields, occasionally. Crosby, Formby, Southport. 

 Once in a com field at Fazakerley, — ^W.S. 



4. C. soLSTiTiALis. L. (Yellow S.) July. 



This plant was found by John Hai-rison, in ,a field neai- 

 St. Helens old Railway, in 1850. It was most probably 

 introduced with the sown seeds. 



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