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C. Soldanella ( R . By.). Fig. 444 . Sea Convolvulus. Native. P. 
VI-VIII. 
On the sandhills. Very rare. 
L. The sandhills at Southport and Birkdale. 
C. The sandhills at Wallasey (j.h.l.). Sandy banks of the 
Dee at West Kirby (f.m.w.). 
Convolvulus (L.). 
C. arvensis (L.). Fig. 445. Small Convolvulus. Native. P. 
VI- VIII. 
In cultivated ground, hedge banks and the sandhills. Common. 
Cuscuta (L.). Dodder. 
C. EpilSnum (Weihe.). Flax Dodder. Colonist. A. VIII. 
C. 1875, on Senecio vulgaris in a field on the W. side of the 
high road between New Ferry toll bar and Bromborough 
Pool (j.w.b.), (?) extinct. 
C. europaea (L.). Greater Dodder. Native. A. VIII, IX. 
C. 1869, on Vicia sativa in fields at Woodchurch (Missc. g.). 
C. Epithymum (Muvr.). Fig. 446. Lesser Dodder. Native. A. 
VII- IX. 
L. 1901, Sandhills at Formby, on Salix vepens and Lotus 
pilosus (w.s.l.). 
C. On heath at Bidston Hill (D.), (?) extinct. 
C. Trifolii (Bab.). Clover Dodder. Colonist. A. VII-IX. 
L. 1850 and up to 1872, on red clover at Hale (D.). 1865, 
on vetches at Greenbank Farm (h.g., jun.), (?) extinct. 
C. Introduced at Frodsham with Alsike clover seed (j.f.r.), 
(?) extinct. 
SOLANACEiE. 
Solanum (. L .). Nightshade. 
S. Dulcamara (L.). Fig. 447. Woody Nightshade. Native. P. 
VI, VII. 
Banks of hedges and ponds. Common. Also wet shore near 
Parkgate. 
S. nigrum (L.). Fig. 448. Black Nightshade. Native or Colonist. 
A. VII-X. 
In waste or cultivated ground near the sea. Occasional. 
L. 1876, sandy lane inland of Formby Railway Station; in 
a lane between Hightown and Little Crosby (r.b.). 1884, 
Roadside by Orrell Hill Wood ; between Hightown and Lady 
Green (j.v.). 1891, Seven Pits, Aintree (j.a.w.). 
