FIOWERING PLANTS. 57 
Crambe maritima, L. Sea Kale. 
- Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Very rare. Among the shingle on the north side of Portinfer, 
extending for seven or eight yards. In 1892 the plants were almost 
entirely buried in sand. A small clump on the shore at Les 
Péqueries, near Portinfer. A few plants on the south-western side 
of Lihou Island. In 47. Sarn. it is recorded from the last-named 
station on the authority of W. C. Lukis. 
The precise date of the introduction of Sea Kale as an esculent 
vegetable is uncertain, but it was already cultivated for the table 
about the middle of the eighteenth century. As far as my experience 
goes, the wild plant is far superior in flavour to the cultivated one 
Raphanus Raphanistrum, L. Wild Radish. 
Colonist. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Not uncommon in sandy fields about Cobo, Grandes Rocques, 
and Vazon, and in parts of the Vale. 
. The Roman physicians recommended Radishes to be eaten raw, 
with bread and salt, in the morning before any other food. Accord- 
ing to Bentham, our garden Radish is unknown in a wild state. 
Raphanus maritimus, Sm. Sea Radish. 
Native. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Common all round the coast: on the cliffs as well as in the low- 
lands. Occasionally the flowers are white. 
RESEDACEAE. 
Reseda lutea, L. Wild Mignonette. 
Casual. First found: Royle, 1894. 
Very rare. A single plant was detected in 1894 on a_ ballast 
heap at Spur Point (x.) by Mr. T. C. Royle. Jn Normandy both 
this species and &. Luteola are equally common. 
Reseda suffruticulosa, L. 
Casual. First found: Marquand, 1893. 
One large plant grew on the seashore at Grand Havre in 1893, 
but not far from a spot where I noticed several garden outcasts: so 
that very probably it had originally been thrown out from a garden. 
Reseda Luteola, L. Dyer’s Rocket. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rather common in the north and north-west, especially near the 
sea: more local in the south, as at Fort George and on the cliffs. 
Occasionally plentiful in cultivated fields. 
Under the name of We/d this plant has long been employed in 
dyeing silk, wool, cotton, and linen: hence its common French 
name, Herbe a jaunir. In Normandy it is called Gaude or Vaudre. 
