FLOWERING PLANTS. 45 
the syllable cw in the words Buttercup, Kingcup, and Goldcup does 
not refer to a drinking vessel, but is the old English word cA, a 
stud, or head of a button, as in French, Bouton d'or. 
Ranunculus hirsutus, Curt. fairy Buttercup. 
Colonist. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Frequent in cornfields and cultivated ground, but liable to be 
overlooked from its general resemblance to &. dulbosus. More 
common in the south of the island than in the north. 
Ranunculus parviflorus, L. Smallflowered Crowfoot. 
Native (?) First record: Babington, 1839 
Rare. Abundant in 1891 in a cultivated field just under 
Noirmont Mill (1x.), but none seen there the following year or 
afterwards. In 1899 and 1900 Mr. Andrews found it in good 
quantity growing in the turf of a field near the Caudré Mill (vz.) 
and also in a meadow in the neighbourhood: not a specimen being 
found in the ploughed land. In Alderney the plant is undoubtedly 
native, as it grows in several places where the ground has certainly 
never been cultivated. Babington records this species as found by 
H. O. Carré near Le Grognet (vul.). 
Ranunculus arvensis, L. Corn Crowfoot. 
Casual. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Very rare. Two or three specimens sprang up in a garden at 
Mount Durand in 1898, and were sent to me for identification. 
‘The plant is mentioned in Gosselin’s list, but there is no specimen 
in his herbarium. 
(Ranunculus auricomus is included in Gosselin’s list, but as 
there is no specimen in his herbarium I regard it as a very 
questionable record. ) 
Aquilegia vulgaris, L. Columbine 
Alien. First found: Dupuy, 1864. 
Very rare, and always an escape from cultivation. Naturalised 
in a neglected piece of ground at Torteval, at some distance from a 
house, where many plants were flowering in 1895. In June, 1864, 
specimens were gathered in a field near Petit Bot by Mr. Edgar 
Dupuy, and are preserved in his herbarium. 
Delphinium Ajacis, Reich. Larkspur. 
Casual. First record: Marquand, 1892. 
Very rare. Vale Castle quarry heap, one plant in 1889. Another 
on Vazon Green in 1891. One plant on the sand-hills at Port Soit 
(Andrews) This plant is very rare in Normandy, and is not 
considered indigenous there. 
