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well, but its leaves are lanceolate and the bracts not very distinctly 
Hypoéstes verticillaris R. Br. Schimba Mt. and Simba River. 
Nos. 178 & 687. 
H. antennifera 8. Moore. Kibwezi. No. 695. 
H. Hildebrandtii Lindau. Kibwezi. No. 713. 
WEST LANCASHIRE PLANTS. 
By J. A. Wuetpon, F.L.S., and Atserr Witson, F.L.S. 
Tue plants enumerated in the following pages are principally 
species discovered in West Lancashire since the publication of our 
previous lists in this Journal. 10se ich are penennne rs new 
county records are indicated by an asterisk. A few other species 
are included, e either in sept of aa records, or because their 
rarity in the vice-county renders the discovery of an additional 
station a matter of interest. Aliens and denizens have the obelisk 
sign prefixed. 
We have to thank Mr. C. Bailey, F.L. = Mr. H. Beesley, and 
the . P. J. Hornby for information specimens; and the 
records they have been good pan to sini are denoted by their 
respective initials—C. B., i. B., or P.J.H. We have also availed 
ourselves of a few items that were phere Mr. L. Petty’s 
** Plants of Silverdale ’’ (Naturalis, 1902, p. 88), quoted as L. P. 
Other contractions used are Wh. (Whe iden), and Wi. (Wilson). 
ur thanks are also due to Messrs. Ar. Bennett, G. C. Druce, 
H. Groves, and the Rev. W. M. Rogers for much ants in the 
determination i critical plants—some only of /_ are mentioned 
here. But the ready help we have invariably received from these 
and other busy apocialiste is pate efully appreciated, ind will be fully 
delensalsdiged | in our projected Flora of West Lancashire 
ae bit ranunculoides L Occurs as a Aellieen near Red Sear ; 
_ Fiaiaiouticn Drouettti Godr. Near Winmarleigh, June, sete 
Wh. & Wi.—R. acer L. Of the subspecies, as defined in Mr. Towns 
end’s arrangement in Journ. Bot. 1900, p. 379, we find the follow- 
ing. —*R. Boreanus Jord. Preesall; Wh. Lee, near Tarnbrook, 
Wi. & Wh.; and in many other localities. This appears to be our 
commonest segregate. —*Var. tomophyllus (Jord.). Near Abbey- 
stead and Silverdale; Wh.—*R. rectus Bor. Near Caton an 
Dolphinholme, Wh. ; and elsewhere. —*R. vulgatus Jord. Hase- 
gill, near Leek; Wi. & Wh. 
*Caltha minor Syme. Springs near the foot of Gavell’s Clough, 
cs the white side of Tarnbrook Fell, alt. 1150 ft., June, 1902; 
* Helleborus fatidus L. Gatebarrow Wood, ery Silverdale, where 
it is perhaps native; Wi. Barton, near Preston; H. B. 
“4 Barbarea pracow R.Br. Garden weed at St, Michaels ; P. J. H. 
