THE FLORA OF LIVERPOOL. 



4. ASPLENIUM. Linn. SpleenwoH. 



1. A. RuTA-MURAEiA. L: (Wall-Fue S.) July— October, u 



Abundant on old walls. Toxteth Park, Cow Lane, Waver- 

 tree, Olive Mount, Club Moor, Croxteth Hall, Cabbage 

 HaU, Walton, Sefton, &c. Also at Upper Tranmere, and 

 on Bebbington Church and porch. 



2. A. Trichomanes. L. (Common Wall S.) Summer. U 



Spaiingly on a stone wall, by the road side, between 

 Woolton and Gateacre, — J.S. On a wall between Broad 

 Green and Knotty Ash. On a wall near Bragg's-houses, 

 Wavertree,— W.H. 



3. A. MARINUM. L. (Sea S.) June — October. U 



In clefts of the rocks by the sea shore, near the Dingle, 

 formerly abundant, now very scarce. Abundant on the 

 rocks at Hilbre Island, very luxuriant and occasionally 

 prohferous and curiously lobed in an irregular manner. 

 Sparingly about Bromboro' Pool and West Kirby,— J.S. 

 and W.S. Euncom. 



4. A. Adiantum nigrum. L. (Black-stalked S.) June — 



October. U 



Hedge bank at Ford, sparingly. Old wall near Sefton 

 Church, — T. Sansom. Plentiful on an old wall about one 

 hundred yards beyond Bidston Church, — J.S. In shady 

 lanes between Eock Ferry and Oxton. Abundant near 

 Eastham. Kirby, — E. Tudor. Near Bragg's-houses, 

 Wavertree. " New Hut," Hale, abundant, — W.H. 



5. A. FiLix-FCEMiNA. Bemh. (Short-fruited S.) June — 



August. U 



In shady moist hedge banks, not uncommon. 



5. SCOLOPENDRIUM. Sw. Harfs Tongue. 

 1. S. VULGARE. Sym. (Common H.) July — Sept. if. 



Common on moist hedge banks on the Lancashire side of 

 the Mersey, and not uncommon in similar situations on 

 the Cheshire side. W.H. has gathered, in an old quarry 

 at Fir Grove, West Derby, specimens two feet long and 

 nearly four inches broad. 



Yar, S. undulatum. Frond narrow, beautifully waved. 



Not unfrequentr about the " New Hut," Hale, — W.H. 

 Var. S. ramosum. Fronds several from the same 

 rachis. 



Hedge bank by the side of a lane, Oxton, — W.S. 



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