1 30 Field Notes. 



FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Cerastium tetrandum near Liverpool. — Recent confirma- 

 tion of this species is asked for in the lately published ' Flora of 

 Liverpool District.' It occurs abundantly throughout the sand- 

 dune tract in both Cheshire and South Lancashire, extending" 

 northwards to West Lancashire, where also it is plentiful on the 

 coast of the Fylde area. A few specific localities may be named 

 and might be readily doubled : — West Kirby, Wallasey, Sea- 

 forth, Hightown, Southport, and Lytham. — j. A. Wheldon, 

 Liverpool. 



Rubus macrophylloides in Cheshire. —This somewhat un- 

 common bramble [R. macrophylloides Genev.) occurs plentifully in 

 Eastham Wood, Cheshire, growing" amongst R. rosaceus var. 

 silvestris R. P. Murray. The similarity in shape of the leaves 

 of these two plants has no doubt contributed to the plant now- 

 first recorded for Cheshire being overlooked. Mr. Rogers named 

 my specimens, and 'forma umbrosa ' appended by him to the 

 name is easily accounted for by the nature of the habitat — a 

 densely-shaded oak wood. — J. A. Wheldon, Liverpool. 



Omphalodes verna in Forge Valley. — This lovely plant — 

 a native of north Europe — has somehow or other become 

 naturalised in Forge Valley. My eye was caught by its large 

 and brilliant flowers last spring. It has probably been brought 

 down from some garden at Hackness by the river Derwent.— 

 Wm. C. Hey, gth February 1903. 



Sambucus Ebulus at Ropsley, Div. 15, S. Lines. — Last 

 August I saw Dane's Elder (Sambucus Ebulus) in abundance 

 near Ropsley village, Div. 15. On visiting the locality again at 

 the end of September in the hope of taking some seeds, I found 

 that three small berries were the sole crop. This is only the 

 seventh record for the county, A common Elder (Sambucus 

 niger) close to was laden with berries, one branch also bearing 

 fully opened flowers (30th September). — S. C. Stow, Grantham, 

 gth Februarv 1903. 



Saxifraga stellaris in Durham. On 4th Jul\ 1902 I found 

 the Starry Saxifrage (Saxifraga slellaris), a somewhat rare wild 

 plant in Durham, growing in some profusion near Bollihope, in 

 Weardale. — J. W. Fawcett, Darlington. 



Salvia verticillata at Birkenhead, — This handsome alien 

 flowered freely in waste ground near the Birkenhead Docks this 

 summer (1902). It has been reported from the Lancashire por- 

 tion of the area embraced by the Flora of Liverpool, but is 

 apparently new to the Cheshire side of the Mersey. It is a 

 native of South Europe. J. A. Wheldon, Liverpool. 



Naturalist, 



