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e have noticed the following aliens, anes have only been 
found pee and cannot be said as yet to be established. 
They are mentioned in the hope that their a: may be further 
investigated by some local naturalist. 
area verna Aschers. (=precox Br.). Reaper ground, 
Upper Brighton. — Hesperis matronalis L. Waste ground, Wal- 
lasey. — Lepidium sativum (L.). Bidston. — 1D. perfoliatum L. 
Wallasey. 
Saponaria Vaccaria L. Waste ground, New Brighton. 
+Lavatera arborea Li. A large plant was found in a flourishing 
condition about two ae from West Kirby. It is no doubt an 
esc a oe from cultivati 
Trifolium eakaatuns L. Waste ground, eee: 
Lathyrus Aphaca L. be anes Birkenhead Doc 
oides L. Was 
oe Cyanus L. Bir cor te Wallasey. 
tCrepis mollis Aschers. (= succisifolia Tausch). West Kirby. 
This plant was growing in a field with C. capillaris Walt. 
(= virens L.); it is difficult to Tinemiend whence this plant can 
have come.—Hieracium aurantiacum L. Birkenhead Docks. 
Pan allasey. 
Setarva viridis Beauv. Waste ground, Upper Brighton. 
have pleasure in recording our thanks to the Manager of 
the Wirral Railway Company for his kindness in permitting us to 
explore the land belonging to the company. This permission was 
particularly valuable, owing to the fact that it gave us access to 
a small portion of the sandhills which beam in quantity many 
plants which are disappearing elsewher 
SOME MADEIRA HEPATICZA. 
By Etronora ARMITAGE. 
To complete the study of my collections of Madeira Bryophyta, 
I here present a list of the Hepatice gathered in the island from 
January to March, 1909. Mr. H. N. Dixon has already described 
Broteria, vol. viii. 1910. Of the remaining fourteen, I have not 
been able to find any mention in the works Sonnitied | at the British 
Museum, a therefore conclude they have not before been pub- 
