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fortable hotel at St. Brelade's Bay, which I beg to 

 recommend to any one who thinks of botanising in 

 this part of the island, as a very good place for head- 

 quarters. Next morning I set'off again for St. Ouen's 

 Bay, and on the way made a good find in Hdianthc- 

 nmm gttttatuni ; on a bank I found a single specimen 

 of Orobanche cizncka, while in a sandy lane Antir- 

 rhinum Oroniinm was discovered. On reaching the 

 bay I began to use my eyes to look for the good 



Epipcutis paltistris, and, I believe, though I could 

 not find any. Orchis laxijlora. Another day took me 

 by the Jersey Eastern Railway to Gorey, near which 

 is the fine old castle of Mont Orgueil ; it is in a pretty 

 good state of preservation, many of the rooms being 

 still habitable. Among the crevices of the stones 

 grows Erodium tnaritiiiium, and the walls are covered 

 with parietaria. 



Near Mont Orgueil is Ann Port, a small fishing 



Fig. 28. — Garlic [Allium vincale). 



Fig. 29.— Squills {Scilla aututnnalts). 



things which I knew were to be had there, and was 

 soon rewarded by dropping on Orobanche atnctkystea, 

 Silene conica, Kalcria crislata var. )3. gracilis, Crambe 

 inariniiia, Diotis viariiima, Sinapis iitcana, Kapliatms 

 maritiimis, and Jimctis acutus. On this bay, a little 

 distance from the sea, is a large pond surrounded by 

 marshy ground ; this, too, is a good hunting ground 

 for the botanist. Here may be found Scirpus pungens, 

 Cladiiim Marisctis, Cyperus longus, Hypericum elodes. 



hamlet ; on a heathy hill above it I was lucky enough 

 to make a rare find, viz. Hypericum linariifolium, with 

 it grew Scilla ajiliimnalis. This being my last day in 

 the Channel Islands, I crossed back that evening to 

 England, well satisfied with my botanical ramble in 



those delightful little islands. 



A, E. L. 



Liverpool. 



