80 5 GOERNSEY. 
this single locality, but likely to be passed over from its general 
resemblance to L. corniculatus. 
Lotus major, Scop. Marsh Bird’s-foot Trefoil. 
Native. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Common throughout the island in wet places, and by damp 
roadsides and ditches. 
-Lotus angustissimus, L. Long-podded Bira’s-foot Trefott. 
Native. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Rather rare, though in some places plentiful. More frequently 
met with on the cliffs than in the low districts. This species flowers 
about a fortnight earlier than Z. Azspzdus, with which it often grows. 
I have found the two species so interwoven in a tuft that they could 
not be sep3rated without tearing them to pieces. 
Lotus hispidus, Desf. Short-podded Bird s-foot Trefoil. 
Native. First record: Babington, 1839. é; 
Frequent in all parts of the island: rather common on the 
cliffs; often found on banks inland. This is a much commoner 
plant than the last; the flowers are deeper orange-yellow, and the 
foliage and stems are more pubescent; otherwise they are much 
alike, except in the length of the seed-pods. In June, 1894, I found 
a remarkably large and woody form of this species, with stems from 
two and a half to three feet high, growing plentifully on the roadside 
near the old Caudré Mill at St. Peter’s. 
Anthyllis vulneraria, L. Kidney Vetch. 
Native. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Very rare. A sprinkling of plants in sandy fields between Cobo 
and Grandes Rocques. ‘Two very small patches on the coast close 
~ to the Vale Castle. This plant is generally distributed and quite 
common in Alderney. 
The application of the leaves to a fresh wound instantly checks 
the bleeding, so that in olden time the plant had a great repute as a 
vulnerary. According to Lyte, who wrote in 1578, it is called 
Kidney Vetch because ‘it shall ._prevayle much against the payne of 
the reynes.’ 
Vicia hirsuta, Koch. Fairy Tare. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Generally distributed throughout the island, but not very 
common. It is the Zrvuwm hirsutum of Gosselin’s list. 
Vicia tetrasperma, Moench. Slender Tare. 
- Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rare. I have noted this species in nearly all the parishes, but 
it is a far rarer plant than the last. It occurs rather plentifully on the 
coast between Bordeaux and Fort Doyle. 
