64 GUERNSE Y. 
Sagina subulata, Wimm. Awl-leaved Pearlwort. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rather common in dry, sandy, or exposed places, chiefly near 
the sea. Occurs in a great many places on the cliffs from Jerbourg 
to Pleinmont, and on Lancresse Common. More rarely inland, as 
at Dosdanes (vu1.). In Gosselin’s list this species is noted under 
the name of Spergula laricina. 
Sagina nodosa, Meyer. Knotted Pearlwort. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Local on the sandy commons of the lowlands: generally plentiful 
where it occurs. Lancresse Common, Portinfer, Grandes Rocques, 
Houmet Point, Vazon Green. This species is the Spergula saginotdes 
of Gosselin’s list, as proved by specimens in his herbarium. 
Honkeneja peploides, Ehrh. Sea Purslane. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
A common seashore plant on the sandy coasts of the north and 
north-west. In some places very abundant. 
In Yorkshire this plant is eaten as a pickle, and is said to have 
an agreeable, pungent flavour, 
Arenaria serpyllifolia, L. Thyme-leaved Sandwort. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Frequent, and occasionally abundant, in the low-lying, sandy 
districts. It is a very variable species, but the local forms have not 
been noted. In Alderney the varieties Z/oydzz, Jord., and deptoclados, 
Guss., occur. 
(It is uncertain what plant Gosselin meant in his list by Avenaria 
laricifolia. The sheet so labelled in his herbarium consists of 
Sagina procumbens and Lepigonum rubrum.) 
Stellaria media, Vill. Chickweed. 
Native. First record: Babington, 1839. 
A very common weed everywhere, flowering throughout the year. 
The var. Boraeana, Jord., has occurred near the King’s Mills, and 
at Lancresse. 
The patois name Moudron or Mourdron is a variation of the 
French AZowron, which, according to Métivier (Dict. Franc. Norm.) : 
‘Vient de Vinusité our, souris (lat. mus, muris), les anciens 
botanistes ayant comparé la feuille de cette plante 4 l’oreille d’une 
souris.’ 
Stellaria graminea, L. Lesser Stitchwort. 
Native (?). First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Very rare. In 1892 Miss Dawber found this species growing 
sparingly on a small heath between Ruettes Brayes and Ozanne’s 
Mill, and I afterwards found it in hedges quite close to the Mill, 
both stations being near together. Babington did not see the plant, 
