(P. Raii (Bab.).) 
Sandy sea shores. Very rare. 
L. Crosby (D.). Southport (j.h.l.). 
C. Shore at Dawpool, at Parkgate, and at Heswall (f.m.w.). 
Between Leasowe and New Brighton ; on Little Eye, Hilbre 
(Lord de T.). 
P. Hydropiper ( L .). Fig. 544. Water Pepper. Native. A. 
VIII, IX. 
Wet places. Common. 
P. minus ( Finds .). Small Persicaria. Native. A. VIII, IX. 
Wet gravelly places. Very rare. 
L. Walton Mere (h.s.f.). Side of the road from Simmons- 
wood Moss towards Kirkby (f.m.w.). 
C. Bidston Hill ; Storeton Quarries (D.). Hoylake (Mrs. f. b.). 
P. Persicaria (A-)- Spotted Persicaria. Native. A. VI-X. 
Damp and waste places. Common. 
P. lapathifolium (A.). Fig. 545. White-flowered Persicaria. Native. 
A. VII-IX. 
In cultivated ground and waste places. Common. 
C. Hooton ; Pensby ; Burton. 
P. amphibium (A.). Fig. 546. Amphibious Persicaria. Native. 
P. VII-IX. 
Watery places. Frequent. 
L. Liverpool and Leeds Canal. 
C. Meols; West Kirby; &c. 
b. terrestre (Leers.). 
On boggy or even dry ground. Occasional. 
P. Bistorta (A.). Fig. 547. Bistort or Snakeweed. Native. P. 
VI and X. 
Woods and damp fields. Occasional. 
L. Fazakerley ; S.E. of Roby Village ; in woods between 
Croxteth and Knowsley (D.). Rough dales, near Rainhill 
(h.s.f.). N.E. side of Billinge Hill; in several places about 
Hunts Cross, Garston, and Halewood ; Railway bank E. of 
Rainford Junction; by the brook between Orrell Station and 
Upholland (r.b.). Lathom. 
C. Claughton (f.m.w.). Field off Park Road West, Birken- 
head ; Dibbinsdale (Dr. g.). Capenhurst ; Woodhouses (j.f.r.). 
