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P. officinale (Hook). Fig. 192. Great Burnet. Native. P. 
VI-V 1 II. 
(Sanguisorba officinalis , (L .).) 
Moist Meadows. Very rare. 
L. In a meadow at Parkgate Farm, Lathom (D.). Ponds 
by Rufford Station. 
C. 1851, Field between Weston Canal and Aston Hall (D.). 
1880, Meadows on the W. side of the Weaver Valley between 
Frodsham Bridge and Cotton Hall (r.b.). 
Group /. — Spinosissimse. Rosa (L.). Rose. 
R. spinosissima (L.). Fig. 193. Burnet-leaved Rose. Native. 
Shrub. V, VI. 
Sandhills, very common. Hedges (inland), occasional. 
C. Rocks at Burton Point; Hedges at Greasby ; Landican ; 
Mount Road, Prenton Hill (Dr. g.). 
R. hibernica (Sm.). Fig. 194. Irish Burnet Rose. (?) Native. 
Shrub. VI, VII. 
In hedges. Very rare and local. 
a. eu-hibernica (Baker). 
C. In the low hedge by the bridge which crosses the Birket, 
taking the path from Great Meols towards Leasowe (f.m.w.). 
b. glabra (Baker). 
C. Hedges about Great Meols ; Hoylake ; Hedges on Irby 
Mill Hill ; Frankby Heath ; Roadside hedge between Raby 
Water Mill and Raby Village (f.m.w.). 
R. pimpinellifolia x canina = R. hibernica (Sm.), var. glabra (Baker). 
C. 1899, Hoylake (j.a.w.). 
This hybrid is so abundant as to fill many of the hedges, and except one 
bush of R. Doniana, or possibly R. Robertsoni, it belongs exclusively to 
the var. glabra. Its hybrid origin is shown by the universally abortive 
fruit. — A. H. Wolley Dod, in Bot. Exch. Club Report, 1899. 
R. involuta (Sm.). Sabine’s Rose. (?) Native. Shrub. VI, VII. 
b. Sabini (Woods). 
In hedges. Rare. 
C. In a hedge at Liscard ; a bush or two on a small heath 
near Bebington Station (D.). Near Raby Mere; Eastham 
(h.s.f.). Hedge bordering S. side of Upton Road, W. of 
Claughton Village ; Hedge by roadside entering Greasby ; and 
in hedge of the lane leading thence to Irby (f.m.w.). 
