FLOWERING PLANTS. 71 
Geranium dissectum, L. Cut-leaved Cranesbill. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Common in all parts, but rather less so than G. modle. 
Geranium columbinum, L. Long-stalked Cranesbill. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Very rare. Plentiful, about the year 1890, in a hedge at the 
junction of the roads above Ronceval, extending about a dozen 
yards. In 1894 Miss Dawber reported finding this plant ‘near 
Foote’s Lane, Lower Rohais,’ and Mr. Collens ‘ about twenty plants 
in Pont Vaillant Lane,’ both these records referring probably to the 
same station. In #/. Sarn. it is recorded on the authority of H. O. 
Carré, but no locality is specified. 
Geranium Robertianum, L. Herb Rovert. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Generally distributed throughout the island, and rather common. 
Var. purpureum, Vill. Plentiful in a lane a little beyond the 
King’s Mills, in two localities. Grosse Hougue (x.). Spur Point. 
In the Guernsey patois this pretty but ill-smelling plant is called 
Roudge Gambe, literally red leg, from the colour of the stems; and, 
according to Britten and Holland (Dzct. Eng/. Pl. Names), the 
similar name, Red Shanks, is used for this plant in Lisle’s Observa- 
tions in Husbandry (1757). In the neighbourhood of Cherbourg 
Herb Robert is known by the name of Zpzng/es a la Vierge. 
Erodium cicutarium, Sm. Common Storksbill. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Common everywhere in dry turfy places and sandy commons, 
especially near the sea. I possess specimens collected in June, 
1853, on Lancresse Common by Dr. Boswell (Syme), labelled in his 
handwriting Lrodium pimpinellifolium. 
Erodium moscnatum, Sm. Musk Storksbill. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Frequent in all districts, but much less common than the last 
species. The musky odour is sometimes hardly noticeable. 
Erodium maritimum, L’Her. Sea Storksbill. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Rare. Near Fort Doyle, and in two or three places between 
that and Fort Le Marchant. Western side of Lancresse Bay. Shore 
between Grandes Rocques and Portinfer. Lihou Island, plentiful on 
the east side. Icart Point (Rev. H. Gray, in 1894). Specimens in 
Gosselin’s herbarium were gathered ‘on the parapet of the south 
Pier,’ but the plant is not likely to be found there now. 
