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Bebbington. — Solatium dulcamara. Woodside. — Lonicera periclymenum. Wood- 

 side. — Erythrcea centaurium. Very abundant at Woodside. — E. latifolia. Bootle, 

 A. Stewart, Esq. — Glaux maritima. Wallasea Pool. — Hedera helix. Birken- 

 head Abbey walls. — Salsola kali. New Brighton. — Gentiana pneumonanthe. 

 Tranmere Heath, A. Stewart, Esq. — Burnium flexuosum. Birkenhead Church- 

 yard. — Hydrocotyle vulgaris. Ditches, Woodside. — Eryngium maritimum. 

 Bootle. — Sanicula Europcea. Tranmere Wood. — Daucus carota. Woodside. — 

 D. maritimus. In a field going from Woodside to Rock Ferry. — Slum angusti- 

 folium and S. nodiflorum. Ponds at North Birkenhead. — (Enantke Jistulosa. 

 Ponds, Woodside. — (E. pimpinelloides. Wallasea Pool. — Pimpinella saxifraga. 

 Woodside and Seacombe. — Apium graveolens. Wallasea Pool. — Smyrnium 

 olusatrum. Wallasea Pool. — Parnassia palustris. Very plentiful at Bootle, 

 Formby, New Brighton, and Leasowe. — Statice armeria, S. limonium, and S~ 

 spathulata. Wallasea Pool. — Linum angust (folium. North Birkenhead, sparingly. 

 — L. catharticum. Covering entire fields with its pretty white flowers, Woodside. 

 — Scilla nutans. Tranmere Wood. — Juncus glaucus, J. conglomerates, J. 

 effusus, J. filiformis, and J. lampocarpus. Woodside. — J. uliginosus. Bootle. 

 — Luzula campestris, L.pilosa, and L. Forsteri. Tranmere Wood. — L. sylvatica. 

 Bidstone Stone-quarry. — Rumex crispus, R.acutus and R.obiusifolius. Woodside, 

 — R. acetosa. New Brighton. — R. mansimus, A. Stewart, Esq. — Triglochin 

 maritimum. Wallasea Pool. — Alisma plantago. Woodside. — (Enothera biennis. 

 Very plentiful at Formby. — Epilobium hirsutum and E.parmjlorum. Woodside. 

 — Chlora perfoliata. Very abundant at Woodside. — Vaccinium myrtillus. Bid- 

 stone Stone-quarry. — Calluna vulgaris, Erica tetralix, and E. cinerea. Bidstone 

 Stone-quarry. — Polygonum avicidare. Woodside. — Adoxa moschatellina. In 

 lanes near the Wind-mill, Tranmere. — Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. Tran- 

 mere Wood.' — Silene inflata. Woodside. — Stellaria media, S. holostea, S. gra- 

 minea, and S. glauca. Woodside. — Sedum acre. New Brighton. — S. reflexum. 

 Tranmere, A. Stewart, Esq. There are also several species of Arenaria at New 

 Brighton, and in this neighbourhood. — Cotyledon umbilicus. Near Bidstone, and 

 at Poulton-cum-Seacombe. — Oxalis acetosella. Tranmere Wood. — Lychnis fios- 

 cuculi and L. dioica. Woodside. — Cerastium vulgatum, C. viscosum, and 

 Spergula arvensis. In dry fields, Woodside. — Lythrum salicaria. Gilbrook. — 

 Agrimonia eupatoria. Woodside. — Reseda lutea. Bootle. — Mespilus oxyacantha 

 and Prunus spinosa. Hedges, Woodside. — Pyrus aucuparia. Bidstone Stone- 

 quarry. — Spiraea ulmaria. Woodside. — Rosa spinosissima. New Brighton, 

 covering the sand-hills ; the roots run deep into the sand, and serve the same 

 purpose as the maritime Grasses, in binding the sand together. — Potentilla 

 anserina, P. reptans, and P.fragariastrum. Woodside. — Tormentilla officina- 

 lis. Bidstone Stone-quarry. I mention this locality because a friend who was 



