54 GUERNSEY. 
says, ‘It hath been taken to heale the disease of the nailes called a 
whitlowe.’ 
Cochlearia danica, L. Danish Scurvy Grass. 
Native. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Generally distributed throughout the island, and common on 
banks and seaside wastes, and in rocky places. In early blooming 
or starved plants the flowers are frequently rosy or purplish. In 
Gosselin’s list two species of Cochlearia are mentioned: C. Groen- 
landica, Greenland Scurvy Grass, and C. anglica, English or Sea 
Scurvy Grass. Neither of these appears to have been found in the 
island since, and in all probability the former name was intended for 
C. danica. In Gosselin’s herbarium the plant labelled Cochlearia 
anglica is really C. officinalis, a species which occurs in several places. 
in Alderney, and as no locality is noted it seems likely that the 
specimen came from that island. 
Armoracia rusticana, Rupp. Florse Radish. 
Alien. First record: Babington, 1839. 
This plant grows in a great many places, but chiefly in the north 
and north-west, becoming more rare in the interior and southern parts 
of the island. Frequently it is found in field corners, having perhaps. 
been introduced there with manure: at any rate it is always an 
escape from cultivation. In its semi-wild state it seldom flowers. 
here. 
Horse radish would appear from Gerarde’s account to have been 
used in his day as a condiment to roast beef as we use it now: he 
says it ‘causeth better digestion than mustard.’ 
Thlaspi arvense, L. Field Penny Cress. 
Colonist. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rare. In cultivated fields here and there in all parts of the 
island, but as a rule only very few plants occur in each spot. 
In Normandy this plant is called Monnoyére, from the old French 
word monnoze, coin, in allusion to the coin-like shape of the seed- 
pods: its German name, 4e/d Pfenntgkraut, like our own, conveys. 
the same meaning. 
Teesdalia nudicaulis, R. Br. Shephera’s Cress.. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Frequent all along the southern cliffs from Jerbourg to Rocquaine, 
in some places abundant. Rare on dry banks inland. In mild 
winters it begins to flower as early as February. 
Lepidium Draba, L. Whitlow Pepperwort. 
Denizen. First record: Babington, 18309. 
Rare. North side of Bordeaux, plentiful. Hedge-bank in the 
Videclins Road above Moulin de Haut. Shore north of Richmond 
Hill. Lane near Les Hunguets (1.) and near St. Briocq (v1). 
