6g 
b. elongatum occurs in ditches about Formby, and Bidston 
Marsh (f.m.w.). 
c. Withevingii is equally common with the type form at Crosby, 
Formby, Southport (D.). 
G. Aparine (A.). Fig . 291. Goose-grass or Cleavers. Native. A. 
VI-VIII. 
In hedges and cultivated ground. Very common. 
G. tricorne (With.). Fig. 282. Rough Corn Bedstraw. Casual. 
A. VI-IX. 
L. Railway sidings W. of new dock at Garston (r.b.). 
Canal banks at Litherland. 
C. As a ballast plant about Birkenhead Docks. 
Asperula ( L .). 
A. odorata (A.). Fig. 293. Sweet Woodruff. Native or Denizen. 
P. V, VI. 
In woods and shady places. Rare. Probably often escaped 
from cultivation. 
C. Shotwick ; Willaston ; Heswall ; Prenton ; King’s Lane, 
Bebington (Dr. g.). 
Sherardia (A.). 
S. arvensis (A.). Fig 29$. Field Madder. Native. A. V-VIII. 
Dry fields and waste ground. Common. 
C. H. Bebington; Willaston; Burton; Caldy. 
VALERIANEiE. 
Valeriana (A.). 
V. dioica ( A .). Fig. 295. Small Marsh Valerian. Native. P. 
V, VI. 
Boggy places. Occasional. 
L. Sefton Meadows ; Meadows at Woolton ; Field near Hale- 
bank Station (Miss c. g.). L. bank River Alt, near the mouth 
(h.e.s.). 
C. 1872, by the stream below Raby Mere ; 1893, Dibbinsdale 
(MissW.). Langfields (Dr G.). About West Kirby (f.m.w.; 
Miss c G.). Near River Weaver, near Cattenhall (j.f.r.). Peck 
Mill, near Dunham-on-the-Hill (r.b.). 
V. officinalis (A.). Fig. 296. Great Valerian. Native. P. 
VI, VII. 
In marshy meadows, and by the sides of ditches and ponds. 
Frequent. 
L. Hightown ; Kirkby ; Sefton. 
C. Peck Mill, Dunham ; Bidston Ford ; Spital ; Dibbinsdale. 
