go 
C. Roadside between Eastham to within one mile of Childer 
Thornton (Miss a.). Near Frodsham (t.g.). Roadside, quarter 
mile N. of Moreton ; 1902, corner of roadside from Carr 
Houses towards Saughall Massie (Dr. g.). 
V. minor (L.). Fig. 516. Lesser Periwinkle. Denizen. Shrub. 
V-VII. 
Hedgebanks and in thickets. Rare. 
L. In the woods at Hale (W.). Wood near the shore at 
Speke Hall (D.). Ormskirk, with variegated leaves (t.w.). In 
a deep dingle at Appleton (j.f.r.). 
C. 1893, Roadside, half a mile from Whitby towards Stoke 
(Dr. G.). 
GENTIANE.ffi. 
Blackstonia ( Huds .). 
B. perfoliata (Huds.). Fig. 517. Perfoliate Yellowwort. Yellow 
Centaury. Native. B. VII, VIII. 
(Chlora ptvfoliata (L.).) 
Clayfields and banks, and on the sandhills. Frequent. 
C. Wallasey Marsh to Moreton ; Prenton ; New Ferry ; 
Railway at Thurstaston ; Hooton ; Mollington ; Shotwick ; 
Stoke (Dr. G.). 
F. Near Queensferry (r.h.d.). Blacon Point (Dr. g.). 
Erythrsea (Renealm.). 
E. Centaurium (Pers.). Fig. 518. Centaury. Native. A. or B. 
VII, VIII. 
Dry pastures, and on the sandhills. Common. 
Note. — A very variable plant with us, in shape of leaf approaching E. 
latifolia and E. littoralis. 
b. capitata (Koch.). 
L. 1892, Hightown (j.a.w.). 
E. latifolia (Sin.). Broad-leaved Centaury. Native. A. or B. 
VII, VIII. 
Damp places among L. sandhills. Very rare. Is probably 
now extinct in England. 
L. It has been found about Seaforth Common; Formby; 
Ainsdale and Birkdale (h.s.f. ; f.m.w.). A short distance W. 
of Freshfield Railway Station (r.b.), in 1871-2. It has not 
been recorded since that date, although careful search has been 
made by many botanists. The specimens in the London 
Natural History Museum all came from neighbourhood of 
Formby, and the curators told me that it had not been met 
with for many years (Dr. g.). 
