WEST LANCASHIRE NOTES 2938 
As no suitable term is to be found in Mr. B. D. Jackson’s ee 
and comprehensive Glossary, I suggest the term ‘ centon as 
expressing this character (cento = patch- work, or a patched ae 
rd which occurs first in the writings of Cato.* Such leaves 
may be said to be ‘‘ purpureo-centonata.’ 
WEST LANCASHIRE NOTES. 
By GC. E. Saumon, F.L.S., ano H. 8. Taompson, F.L.S. 
In August, 1901, we spent four days in the north- — 
portion of the co unty of Lancashire; the following notes are 
the more important of the plants collected. The country west “of 
Pilling deserved further examination, but we were unfortunately 
pressed for time. All the localities are in v.-c. 60, and those plants 
that appear to be new to that vice-county are distinguished by an 
asterisk. Aliens are marked +. 
Nasturtium palustre DO. Between Lytham and Guide House Inn. 
Sisymbrium officinale Scop. var. *leiocarpum DC. Shore near 
Guide House Inn, and also near Freckleton.—S. Sophi al. Knott 
End. 
Cakile maritima Scop. Between Lytham and St. Annes ; 
between Guide House Inn and Naze Moun 
Viola. On the re between ‘Lytham and St. oogn! an 
On sub 
m acqu  Pasneaui is more strongly pubescent, and the 
lateral petals are usually violet- ae V. sabulosa ae 
which has been recorded from n ae tham, differs in having 
much longer narrower lamina to the 
Sagina nodosa Fenzl. Between Lytham 8 and St. Annes. 
Buda media Dum. Shore east of Lytha I 
Genista tinctoria L. Between Lytham and Guide House Inn. 
Ononis spinosa Li. Near Pilling; between Guide House Inn an 
Naze Mount. ‘ 
Trifolium fragiferum L. Near lake, Ansdell; between Guide 
House Inn and Naze Mount. 
Eryngium maritinun L. Between it A and St. Annes ; 
betwoats Guide House Inn and Naze Mou 
Apium graveolens L. Near Pilling; sak ‘la 
Guide House Inn and Naze Mount. 
(Enanthe Lachenalii Gmel. Near lake, Ansdell. 
ke, Ansdell; between 
* De Re Rustica, 59,—* qookiee euique tunicam aut sagum dabis, prius 
veterem accipito, unde centones fiant 
