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Wood near Halsnead (Rev. h.). 1887, abundant in a large field 
between Druids Cross and the Woolton Road (r.b.). 
C. Bellaire Wood, near Frodsham ; and at Bromborough 
(j.f.r.). Hooton Park (t.g. ; h.c.), there in 1902. 
DIOSCORE^. 
Tamus (L.). Black Briony. 
T. communis (L.). Fig. 612. Black Briony. Native. P. VI, VII. 
Hedges. Common. 
LILIACE TE. 
Ruscus ( L .). Butcher’s Broom. 
R. aculeatus (L.). Fig. 613. Knee Holly. Butcher’s Broom. 
Denizen. Shrub. Ill, IV. 
Thickets. Very rare. 
C. 1877-1887, about half-a-dozen bushes in the hedge and 
adjoining thicket and dell on the Chester high road, about 
three-quarter mile S. of the canal bridge near Backford (e.d.). 
Asparagus (L.). 
A. officinalis ( L .). Fig. 614. Asparagus. Native or Denizen. 
P. VIII. 
a. hovttnsis [Loud. Cat.). 
Naturalised on the sandhills, originally escaped from cultiva- 
tion about Formby. 
L. At intervals among the sandhills from Hall Road to Birk- 
dale (r.b.). 
C. Wallasey sandhills, 1893 ( D r-G.). 
Note. — This plant is cultivated in considerable quantity about Formby. 
Polygonatum ( Totirn .). Solomon’s Seal. 
P. multiflorum [All.). Solomon’s Seal. Denizen. P. V. 
Woods, &c. Very rare. 
L. Hedge bank near Ormskirk (t.w.). 
Note. — There are no recent records. 
Convallaria (L.). Lily of the Valley. 
C. majalls (L.). Fig. 615. Lily of the Valley. Denizen. P. V. 
Woods, &c. Very rare. 
L. Knowsley (D.). 
C. Dunsdale Valley, Overton Hills (j.f.r.). 
