26 GUERNSEY. 
Melilotus arvensis, Willd. Field Melilot. 
Casual. First record: Marquand, 1891. 
Very rare. Field on the coast road near Rousse Tower, a good 
many plants in 1889. Vale Castle quarry heap. Shore below the 
Vale Castle, intermixed with the last species. Waste place below 
Le Tertre (1x.) one plant in 1893. In an old garden at Hauteville 
in 1900 (Miss Agnew). 
Melilotus alba, Lam. White Melilot. 
Casual. First record: Marquand, 1891. 
Very rare. One plant at Paradis, Vale, and another near 
Ozanne’s Mill in 1890. One on the quarry heap north of Bordeaux 
in 1893. Waste ground near Ivy Castle, one plant in 1899 
(Andrews). 
Melilotus parviflora, Desf. 
Casual. First found: Marquand, 1894. 
A single specimen, in good flower, occurred on the roadside near 
Doyle’s Monument in 1894. 
Melilotus messanensis, Desf. 
Casual. First found: Marquand, 1894. 
In September, 1894, I found one large plant bearing plenty of 
ripe fruit growing on a rubbish heap at the Vale, not far from 
Brookdale Nursery. It is a south European species, seldom seen 
in this country, and is remarkable by its large strongly-ribbed pods. 
Trifolium pratense, L. Purple Clover. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Very common. Much grown for fodder. In 1898 Miss B. 
Agnew found on the north coast some plants of a curious variety, 
resembling the type generally, but having flower-heads shaped like 
those of Z. ‘marnatwm, and on very long peduncles. It was 
suggested that they were possibly hybrids, pratense x tncarnatum. 
Called in the patois by its common French name, 7Zyéfe, in 
Normandy, Zvemaine. In days of old, when there were witches 
abroad, a clover leaf was considered a potent charm against their 
evil machinations. Purple clover was first introduced into English 
agriculture about the year 1645. 
Trifolium medium, Huds. Zigzag Clover. 
Native (?). First found: Miss Agnew, 1899. 
Very rare. <A few plants were found in 1899 by Miss B. Agnew 
near the Rousse Martello Tower, Vale. 
Trifolium incarnatum, L. Crimson Clover. 
Casual. First record: Royle, 1894. 
This clover being grown in the island for fodder, stray plants are 
frequently found on roadsides and in waste corners; but it is hardly 
