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ALISMACE.®. 
Alisma (L.). Water Plantain. 
A. Plantago (L.). Fig. 6$9. Great Water Plantain. Native. P. 
VII, VIII. 
Ponds and ditches Common. 
Note. — B oth the type and b. lanceolatum (With.) occur in the district. 
A. ranunculoides (L.). Fig. 650. Small Water Plantain. Native. 
P. VI, VII. 
Ponds and boggy places. Frequent. 
L. Formby ; Halsall ; Barton; Hale; Kirkby ; Crosby. 
C. Helsby; Wallasey; Leasowe ; Meols; New Ferry; 
Prenton ; Irby ; Head of Raby Mere ; Langfields, West 
Kirby ; Caldy. 
Note — Both the type and b. repens (Davies) occur in the district. 
Elisma. Floating Water Plantain. 
E. natans (Buckenau). Floating Water Plantain. Native. P. 
VIII. 
(Alisma natans). 
In the S. U. Canal. Rare. 
C. In the canal E. of Mollington Viaduct, and again, a short 
way W. of Chorlton Bridge (LorddeT. ; f.m.w.). 
Sagittaria ( L .). Arrow-head. 
S. sagittifolia (L.). Fig. 651. Arrow-head. Native. P. VIII. 
In the S. U. Canal. Very rare. 
C. In the canal at intervals from Ellesmere Port to Mol- 
lington Viaduct (LorddeT.; F.M.W., &c.). 
Butomus (L.). Flowering Rush. 
B. umbellatus (L.). Fig. 652. Flowering Rush. Native. P. 
VI, VII. 
Rivers, ponds and ditches. Occasional. 
L. Between Ince and the sea (W.). Formby (H.). Little 
Crosby; Southport (D.). Calcott’s pond, Sefton Park (h.s.f.). 
1886 , shallow pool at Halewood (r.h.d.). 
C. In many ponds and ditches at intervals from Bidston to 
West Kirby (H. ; r.b., &c.). In many ponds and ditches about 
Frodsham, Ince, Plemstall, Wimbolds Trafford, &c. (j.f.r. ; 
r.b., &c.) . Canal between Mollington Viaduct and Chorlton 
Bridge (Lord de t. ; f.m.w.). Trenches between Thornton-le- 
Moors and Stoke (f.m.w. ; w.w.n.). 
