82 
L. 1891, Birkdale (j.a.w.). 
C. Wallasey sandhills (f.m.w.). Overton (j.f.r.). 
Note. — This variety is a smaller plant than the normal form, and with 
the leaves much more deeply divided. The inner phyllaries are usually 
thickened, and have a short lobe near the apex, so as to have a double end. 
The fruit is of a bright brick red. 
c. palustve ( D . C.). 
In damp meadows, &c. Rare. 
C. Damp fields about Claughton Village. 
Lactuca ( L .). 
L. virosa (L.). Fig. 374. Strong Scented Lettuce. Casual. 
B. VII, VIII. 
L. 1883, in Penny Lane, between Greenbank and Elm Hall, 
Wavertree (e.d.). 
C. 1894, Rubbish heaps at Bromborough Pool (Dr. g.). 
L. muralis (Frcsen.). Fig . 375. Ivy-leaved Lettuce. Native. 
A. VII, VIII. 
Walls, hedge banks and woods. Occasional. 
L. Woods at Ince ; Wood between Billinge and Windley ; 
Sefton (D.). About Lathom Hall (t.w.). Speke (Miss r.). 
Quarry between Orrell and Billinge (f.m.w.). 1881, Wall by 
Roby Hall (r.b.). 
C. Near Dean Wood and Badger’s Rake (Rev. g.; r.b.) . Rock- 
savage Woods (j.f.r.). Near Dunham on the Hill (f.m.w.). 
Near Pensby ; Goldworth Lane, near Backford Heath; 1883, 
about Backford ; 1884, Rocks and walls in Burton (r.b.). 
About Hooton ; Bromborough ; Ledsham to Willaston ; Shot- 
wick (Dr. G.). 
Sonchus ( L .). 
S. oleraceus (L.). Fig. 376. Smooth Sowthistle. Native. A. 
VI-VIII. 
In both cultivated and waste ground. Common. 
S. asper (. Hoffm .). Fig. 377. Rough Sowthistle. Native. A. 
VI-VIII. 
In both cultivated and waste ground. Common. 
C. Stoke ; Childer Thornton ; &c. 
S. arvensis ( L .). Fig. 378. Corn Sowthistle. Native. P. VII-IX. 
In cultivated fields. Common. Seashores. Occasional. 
C. Wallasey; West Kirby; Bromborough Pool. 
