12 DUNLOr, Alien Plants of tJie Warrington District. 



Medicago sativa, Linn. Denizen, and also frequent as 

 an alien along the recently made raihva}' embank- 

 ments, 



^Medicago falcata, Linn. Alien. 



59. Orford, railway embankment, 26th Jul}-, 1896. 

 (C.R.B.) 



Medicago denticulata, Willd. Alien. 



59. Padgate, 1887 ; as a casual on waste ground. 

 (Jos. J. Smith.) 



*Melilotiis alba, Desr. Alien ; occurs in several localities, 

 but in every instance within the influence of the 

 railways. 



Melilotiis officinalis, Lam. Alien ; while a frequent plant 

 in the district, I do not think it can be ranked as a 

 denizen : all the stations where it occurs give it an 

 imported character. 



"^Melilotus indica. All. Alien. 



59. Canal bank at Bewsey and Winwick, Oct., 1886. 

 (C.R.B.) 



Trifoliiini incarnatiini, Linn. Relic of cultivation. 



58. Aston, in Weaver Valley, loth June, 1886. 

 (C.R.B.). Thelwall. (C.R.B.). Acton Grange, railway 

 embankment, Sept., 1907. 



Trifoliuni arvcnse, Linn. Alien. 



58. Ship Canal bank, Ellesmere Road, Stockton Heath, 

 30th July, 1896. (C.R.B.). Extinct in this station, 1907. 

 Acton Grange; John Peers, in TJic Phytologist, 1863. Spoil 

 Bank, Lapwing Lane, Moore, July, 1905. Ship Canal 

 bank, beyond Latchford Locks, in profusion, June, 1906, 

 also in 1907. 



