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/Esculus hippocastanum (L.). Fig. 134. Horse Chestnut. Alien. 
Tree. V, VI. 
A native of Northern Greece. Often introduced into woods 
and plantations on both sides of the River Mersey, as in 
Calderstones Park near Liverpool, and Woods at Bromborough 
and Eastham. 
LEGUMINOSiE. 
Genista (L.). 
G. anglica (L.). Fig. 135. Needle Furze. Petty Whin. Native. 
P. VI-VIII. 
Sandy and heathy ground. Rare in Lancashire. Occasional 
in Cheshire. 
L. Lane between the shore at Dungeon and Hale Wood 
(D.). Greystone Heath (j.p.). 
C. Near Eastham (H.). W. side of Heswall Hills, one mile 
from Gayton Hall (D.). Between Hooton and Bromborough 
(Missc. g.). Raby (Missj.). Near Woodchurch and Landican 
(j.s. ; f.m.w.). 1875, i n a swampy hollow one mile S.W. of 
Manley (r.b.). By R. Gowey, at Wimbolds Trafford (r.h.d.). 
Roadside between Spital and Clatterbridge (w. h. Holt). 1891- 
1901, abundant by ponds between Ness and the Chester Road ; 
Pensby ; Roadside S. of Arrowe Park; W. of Thingwall Mill ; 
Backford Cross (Dr. g.). 
G. tinctoria (L.). Fig. 136, Dyers’ Greenweed. Native. P. 
VII-IX. 
Pastures, &c., generally on clay. Local. Frequent in 
Cheshire. 
C. By the Fender at Oxton ; New Ferry ; near Poole Hall ; 
Plimyard Dale, Bromborough ; Capenhurst ; Willaston ; 
Mollington ; Dawpool ; abundant about Meols (Dr. g.). 
Ulex ( L .). 
U. europaeus (L.). Fig. 137. Furze. Gorse. Whin. Native. 
Shrub. I -VI. 
Heath-banks, banks, dry fields and plantations. Common. 
U. Gallii [Planch). Autumnal Furze. Native. Shrub. VII 1 -X. 
Heaths and sandy waste ground. Frequent in Lancashire. 
Common in Cheshire. 
Note. — Common in Cheshire about Bidston and Thurstaston Hills, 
sometimes growing three or four feet high, sometimes quite prostrate — the 
habit of U. nanus,. Forster. 
