74 GUERNSEY. 
was the species noted in 77. Sarn. under the name of U. manus as 
being frequent in all the larger Channel Islands. 
Sarothamnus scoparius, Koch. : Broom. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rather. rare, though found: in all districts; occasionally on the 
cliffs, frequently in old quarries, and often in waste, stony corners. 
Var. prostratus, Bail. Plentiful at the top of the cliffs at the 
Thielles, and to the north of Pleinmont Point. Near Sommeilleuse- 
Watchhouse and at the Corbiere (Andrews). 
The patois name is Geét. a word which also means, like the 
English Broom, a long-handled brush. Before the introduction of 
hops, broomtops were often used to communicate a bitter flavour to- 
beer, and in medicine the plant had a certain reputation. An 
old writer asserts that ‘that worthie prince of famous memorie, 
Henry VIII., King of England, was wont to drinke the dis- 
tilled water of Brome floures against surfets, and diseases thereof 
arising.’ 
Ononis arvensis, L. Rest Harrow.. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Very common on the coast, and also occasionally on dry banks. 
and waste spots inland. I have found a form with terminal spines. 
to the branches on the sandhills near Rousse Tower, but very 
sparingly. 
The common French name of this plant is Bugrane, but in some 
parts, as about Cherbourg, it is known as Fég?isse (liquorice). In 
the north of England the roots are dug up during the flowering 
season and eaten by children as a substitute for liquorice root, 
whence they call the herb Wi/d Liquorice. The old herbalists called 
it Arresta bovis and Remora aratri, and Gerarde refers to it as Rest 
Plough or Rest Harrow. 
Ononis reclinata, L. 
Native First found: Wolsey, 1867 (?). 
Very rare. Lancresse Common, near the Hermitage, scattered 
over a few acres of ground. Mrs. C. Lewis has informed me that 
formerly (about 1886) she used to find this plant at Portinfer, but 
the locality has since been built over. It begins to flower at the 
end of May, and is mostly over by the time O. arvensis comes into: 
blossom. 0. veclinata was first discovered in Guernsey by G, 
Wolsey, an acute resident botanist, and I possess specimens collected 
by him in 1867. The headquarters of this plant appear to be in 
Alderney, where it uccurs in great profusion in several places: in 
Normandy it is unknown. 
Medicago sativa, L. Lucerne.. 
Alien. First record: Marquand, 1891. 
Frequent in pastures and field corners: always an escape 
