FLOWERING PLANTS. 65) 
- records it on the authority of H. O. Carré. Gosselin notes it in 
his list dated 1788, and published in 1815... The extreme rarity and 
doubtfu! nativeness of this species in Guernsey, combined with the 
total absence of S. Holostea, are very remarkable, seeing that both 
are quite common in Normandy as well as in the south of England. 
Stellaria uliginosa, Murr. Bog Stitchwort. 
Native First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Common in wet meadows and by springs and streamsides in all 
parts of the island. Through some BeEeseliyt this species is not 
recorded for Guernsey in AZ. Sarn. 
Cerastium glomeratum, Thuil. Broad-leaved Mouse-ear 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. [ Chickweed. 
Frequent throughout the island in cultivated ground, and on 
banks and roadsides. A specimen in Gosselin’s herbarium is labelled 
C. vulgatum. 
Cerastium triviale, Link. Narrow-leaved Mouse-ear 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. [ Chickweed. 
Very common in hedgebanks, pastures, walltops, and a variety 
of other situations. Specimens in Gosselin’s herbarium are labelled 
C. semidecandrum. 
Cerastium semidecandrum, L. Little Mouse-ear Chick- 
Native. First record: Babington, 1839. [ weed. 
Sandhills by Rousse Martello Tower, plentiful. Vazon Green, 
common in places. Sandy field at Cobo. Mr. Andrews has found 
it at Grandes Rocques, on Lancresse Common in several places, 
’ and on the cliffs near Les Thielles. This name is in Gosselin’s list, 
but the plant so called in his herbarium is C. ¢viviale. 
Cerastium tetrandrum, Curt. Aour-cleft Mouse-ear Chick- 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. [ weed. 
Very common all round the coast, on the cliffs as well as on the 
sandhills. It is the Cervastium nova species of Gosselin’s list, as 
proved by his herbarium specimens, which are labelled Cerastium 
nova. 
Moenchia erecta, Sm. Upright Chickweed. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Locally common all round the coast: plentiful on the cliffs in 
some places. It occurs more rarely inland, as at Les Camps (vit1.) 
and Dosdanes (vIiiI.). 
Polycarpon tetraphyllum, L. Four-leaved Aliseed. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rather common on roadsides and in cultivated fields and waste 
ground all over the island. Frequent on the shingle in the north 
and north-west. Sometimes very fine in old quarries. 
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