540 APPENDIX. 



* BijVSUWO^T—^Erythraa Centaurium. Flora, p. 215.) 



In addition to the normal or inland form of this plant, there grow on the sands 

 at Southport and thereahouts, varieties with narrower and broader leaves, and of 

 stature more or less diminutive, called by those who esteem them species, 

 Erythraa littoralis (E. B. xxxiii. 2305), Erythrcea latifolia (E. B., Supp. ii. 2719) 

 and Erythrcea pulchella (E. B. vii. 458). 



LXIIL— THE POTATO FAMILY. SolanacecB. 



f Black-fetjixed Nightshade — {Solanum nigrum. Flora, p. 223.) 

 Common about the sand-hills at Southport. 



Henbane — {Hyoscyamus niger.) 



Stems one to three feet high. Leaves simple, sessile; petals large, buff- 

 coloured, beautifully laced with purple veins. Whole plant clammy, and with a 

 strong and disagreeable odour. El. June, July. Sand-hills between Southport 

 and Livei-pool. (E. B. ix. 591.) 



LXIV.— THE SAXIFRAGE FAMILY. SaxifragacecB. 



\ Gkass of Paknassus — [Parndssia palustris. Flora, p. 226.) 

 No spectacle is more beautiful about the end of August, than to go among 

 the sand-hills at Southport, and look down into the Uttle valleys that lie between, 

 filled with the snow-white flowers of this lovely plant, the purple gentianas, and 

 twenty others. Plentiful also in the meadows behind the sand-hills at South- 

 shore. (September 4th, 1857.) 



f Rue-leaved Saxifrage — {Saxifraga tridactylites. Flora, p. 226.) 



Sand-hills at Southport, <tc., common. 



LXV.— THE CONVOLVULUS FAMILY. Convolvulacea. 



* Sea Convolvulus — {Convolvulus Soldanella.) 

 Stems short, prostrate, and scarcely twining. Leaves small, thick, broadly 

 rounded or kidney-shaped, with broad, rounded, or angular lobes at the base, and 

 on long petioles. Peduncles one-flowered. Corolla large, purplish or rose- 

 coloured, with pale yellow plaits, expanding only in sunshine, and of very short 

 duration. Fl. summer. Ilab. sand-hilla. (E. B. v. 314.) 



f Field Convolvulus — [Convolvulus arvcnsis. Flora, p. 230.) 

 Southport, 'ic, between there and Liverpool. 



