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11. Meadow Pimpinel — {Pimpinella Saxifraga.) 

 Dry meadows and pastures, common. Plentiful near Arden Hall, 

 upon both sides of the river. Fl. July, August. 

 E. B. vi. 407 ; Baxter, vi. 411. 

 Remarkable for the diversity of its slender and pretty pinnate leaves. 



12. Greater Pimpinel — [Pimpinella magna.) 

 Long Lane, between Bowdon and Hale. " Near Leigh and near 

 Lymm." (B. G.) Worsley Lane. (J. E.) Fl. July, August. 



E. B. vi. 408. 



13. Narrow-leaved Water-parsnip — {Slum angustifdlium.) 



Ditches and pondsides, rather rare. Pondsides below Bowdon old 



Church. Ditches near Baguley old Hall. Knutsford Moor. (Mr. Hunt.) 



Fl. July, August. 



Curtis, iii. 468 ; E. B. ii. 139. 



Eesembles the common marshwort, hut distinguished by its stalked umbels, 

 and by having bracteas both to the umbels and the umbellules, the umbels being 

 destitute of them in the other plant. 



14. Broad-leaved Water-parsnip — (■Sium latifdlium.) 

 Worsley, Tyldesley, and Culcheth, near Warrington. (J. E.) Fl. 



July, August. 



Curtis, iii. 469 ; E. B. iii. 204 ; Baxter, iv. 319. 



15. TuBtTLAB Dropwort — {(Endnthe Jistulosa.) 

 Pondsides, rather rare. Ponds near the " Dog and Partridge," 

 Longford ; Boothstown (J. E.) ; Knutsford ; Thornham, near Middle- 

 ton ; and abundant at Bradford, near Clayton. (J. P.) Said to grow 

 also about Reddish. Fl. July, August. 



E. B. vi. 363. 



16. Yellow-juiced Dropwort — [CEndnthe crocdta.) 



Ditches, rather rare. Between Pilkington and RatcliflPe. (J. P.) 



Ditches by the roadside between Bowdon and Rostherne, but now 



nearly destroyed^ through their being cleaned out. Between Heatley 



and Lymm, near Reddish. Near Bucldow Hill. (Mr. Hunt.) Bank 



of the Irwell, below Peel Green. Pennington, near Leigh. (J. E.) 



Fl. July. 



Curtis, iv. 599 ; E. B. xxxiii. 2313 ; Baxter, ii. 160. 



A very poisonous plant, especially to mares and cows. 



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