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Heswall (Miss c. g.). Between Great Meols and Newton ; near 
Hargreave Hall N. of Willaston (r.b.). Oxton; Bidston Junc- 
tion ; West Kirby ; Bank of Ship Canal at Hooton (Dr. g.). 
M. alba {Desr.). Fig. 148. White Melilot. Colonist. B. VII, VIII. 
Waste places. Occasional. Increasing in the district. 
L. E. bank of railway N. of Waterloo ; Sandhills between 
Formby and Freshfield ; Canal bank, near Maghull (r.b.). 
C. Roadside near Storeton (Miss a. h.). About Bidston ; 
Meols; Hoylake (Dr. g.). 1901, Birkenhead Docks (j.a.w.). 
M. officinalis ( Desr .). Field Melilot. Colonist, B. VII, VIII. 
In fields and waste places. Rare. 
{M. arvensis { Wallroth ).) 
L. Formby (Mrs. t. g., jun.). Between Waterloo and Blundell- 
sands W. of the railway (f.m.w.). Railway banks between 
Blundellsands and Hall Road for many years; Lane leading 
E. from Ainsdale Station (r.b.). 
C. By Bromborough Pool Candle Works (D.). About 
Birkenhead Dock Station (h.s.f.). By the Canal E. of 
Mollington Viaduct (Lord de t. ; f.m.w.). Near the Gasworks at 
Hoylake (Dr. g.). 
M. parviflora {Lam.). Fig. 1$9. Small Yellow Melilot. Colonist. 
A. VII, VIII. 
Waste places. Occasional. 
L. Canal bank at Maghull ; about Garston Docks (r.b.). 
Formby sandhills (t.b.). 
C. Bidston Heath (w.h.h.). Birkenhead Docks (r.b.). 
1892-6, Bidston Junction ; Wallasey; Meols; Hoylake (Dr. g.). 
M. messanensis. Has occurred as a casual at Birkenhead Docks 
(f.m.w.). 
Trifolium (L.). Clover. 
T. subterraneum (Z,.). Fig. 150. Subterranean Trefoil. Native. 
A. V-VII. 
On banks. Very rare. 
C. Near Parkgate (H.). 1874, Field on a level with the top 
of an old wall opposite where the footpath from Hoylake joins 
the road at the Hill Houses (r.b.). Probably now extinct. 
T. pratense ( L .). Red Clover. Native. P. V-IX. 
a. sativum {Syme). 
By the borders of fields as an escape from cultivation. 
