50 GUERNSEY. 
(vi.). A specimen (without locality) is preserved in Gosselin’s 
herbarium. 
This plant has long been used as an early salad: in Sweden it 
is boiled and eaten in the same way as cabbage. JB. praecox, 
called by the French Cresson ad’ Amérigue, and by the Germans 
Amertkanischer Kresse, is less bitter in salads than this species, and 
is preferred by many. 
Barbarea intermedia, Bor. 
Colonist. First found: Miss Agnew, 1899. 
Rare. About twenty small plants in the corner of a meadow at 
Le Moulin (v1.), and about as many larger plants scattered over a 
cultivated field near Caudré Mill, in the same parish (Miss B. 
Agnew). One large plant in a field by Chemin le Roi (1v.) and 
another in a field near Le Jaonnet (1i1.) in 1900 (Andrews). 
Barbarea praecox, R. Br. Early Winter Cress. 
Colonist or Casual. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Rare: on roadsides, banks, and waste places. Very sparingly 
near Le Chéne (1v.) and near Bordeaux (1x.). Rather plentiful in 
the lane behind Morley Chapel, in several places. A specimen in 
Gosselin’s herbarium is labelled ‘ Z7ystmum barbarea: grows often- 
times of its own accord in gardens.’ This species may be dis- 
tinguished from its allies by its agreeable watercress-like taste, the 
others being bitter. 
Arabis hirsuta, R. Br. Fairy Wall Cress. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Local, and much less common than in Alderney. Western side 
of Lancresse Common, scattered plants. Sandy field at Portinfer. 
Plentiful in a field at Grandes Rocques, and sparingly near Grandes 
Rocques Barracks. That this was the plant named by Gosselin 
Turritis glabra is proved by a specimen so labelled from Grandes 
Mielles (1x.) still preserved in his herbarium. 
Cardamine flexuosa, With. 
Native. First record : Marquand, 1891. 
Usually grows in moister and more shady places than the next 
species, and though generally distributed is far less common. ‘This 
may possibly be the Cardamine parviflora of Gosselin’s list. 
Cardamine hirsuta, L. fairy Bitter Cress. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Common on walls and dry banks. One of the earliest crucifers 
to blossom, often flowering in mild winters as early as December. 
Cardamine pratensis, L. Lady's Smock. Cuckoo Flower. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Common in wet meadows and marshy places everywhere. 
