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Cardamine (A.). Bitter Cress. 
C. amara ( A .). Fig. 35 . Bitter Cress or Ladies’ Smock. Native. 
P. V, VI. 
Moist places in woods. Rare. 
L. West Derby (H.). In ditches at Melling (D.). Dean 
Wood, Upholland (Field club). Weaver Valley (j.f.r.). Crox- 
teth Park (r.b.). 1887, Simmonswood Brook, above the mill 
dam, near Kirkby (e.d.). 
C. 1875, Ashton Brook, one and a half miles E. of Dunham 
on the Hill ; Banks of Thornton Brook, one mile W. of Ince 
(R.B.). 
C. pratensis (A.). Fig. 36 . Cuckoo Flower or May Flower. 
Native. P. IV-VI. 
Moist meadows and ditch sides. Very common. 
C. hirsuta (A.). Fig. 37 . Hairy-leaved Ladies’ Smock. Native. 
A., B. or P. IV-VIII. 
Walls, dry banks, &c. Very common. 
C. flexuosa {With.). Zig-zag Ladies’ Smock. Native. V. 
By the sides of ponds and streams. Frequent. 
C. Hooton ; Backford ; &c. 
Alyssum (L.). 
A. maritimum (A.). Fig. 38 . Sweet Alyssum. Alien. A. or P. 
VI-VIII. 
Sandy ground near the sea. Very rare. 
L. Sandhills near Waterloo (D.), and is still to be found 
there, and about Crosby. In a sandy lane between Formby 
and Freshfield (r.d.b.) ; Southport (j Hg.). 
C. West Kirby ; 1895, Hoylake ; 1896, Wallasey (Dr. g.). 
A. incanum (A.). Was found as a Casual, 1894, about the Birken- 
head Docks (r.b.). 
Erophila ( D.C. ). Whitlow Grass. 
E. vulgaris (D.C.). Fig. 39 . Whitlow Grass. Native. A. III-V. 
{Dr aba vtrna, A.). 
Banks, rocks, walls, sandhills, &c. Frequent. 
L. 1887, Road between Jericho Lane and Otterspool Station, 
probably introduced with ships’ ballast (r.b.). 
C. Netherton (j.f.r.). On an old wall at Tranmere; about 
and on walls at Wallasey and Prenton (h.s.f.). 1878, Rocky 
ground in Caldy village ('r.b.). 
Note — Many additional localities might be cited. More frequent in 
Cheshire than S. Lancashire. 
