APPENDIX. 539 



XLIX.— THE PEA FAMILY Leguminosce. 



f Rest-hareow — {Ononis arvensis. Flora, p. 176.) 

 Abundant in sandy ground near the sea. 



Yellow Kidney-vetch — {AnthylUs Vulnerdria.) 



Leaves pinnate, with a terminal leaflet. Stems about a foot high. Flowers in 

 dense globular heads, which usually grow two together; calyx vei^ hairy ; corolla 

 yellow. Fl. June — September. Dry places, common. (E. B, ii. 104:.) 



f Common Melilot — [Melilotus officinalis. Flora, p. 181.) 

 Common at Formby, &e. 



f Hake's-eoot Trefoil — {Trifolium arvense. Flora, p. 182.) 

 Common at Southport in diy fields. 



Strawberet Clover — [Trifolium fraffi/erum.) 



Stems prostrate, creeping, twelve to eighteen inches long. Leaves trifoliolate. 

 Flowers rose-coloured, in compact roundish heads, which are elevated on 

 peduncles two to four inches long. Calyx much inflated after flowering, thin, 

 membranous and reticulated. Fl. July, August. Common at Southport. (E. B. 

 XV. 1050, but not good.) 



LIIL— THE ROSE FAMILY. Rosacece. 



* Burnet Rose — {Rosa spinosissima.) 

 Stems one to two feet high, erect, very prickly. Leaves pinnate, the leaflets in 

 seven to nine pairs, small, roundish, and nearly glabrous. Flowers rather small, 

 white or yellowish, solitary at the ends of the short branches. Fruit globular, 

 smooth, pui-plish black. Fl. June, July. Abundant on the sand-hills. Southport. 

 New Brighton. (E. B. iii. 187.) 



LXL— THE GENTIAN FAMILY. Gentianacecs. 



f Autumnal Gentian — [Genliana Amarella. Flora, p. 217.) 

 Dry pastures, &c., Southport. Southshore. 



f Field Gentian — {Gentiana campestris. Flora, p. 217.) 

 Similar places. 



f Chlora — [Chlora perfoliata. Flora, p. 216.) 

 Sand-hills at Southport, abundant. 



