FLOWERING PLANTS. 89 
Rosa spinosissima, L. Burnet Rose. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Locally plentiful on the north coast. Sandy field near Grandes 
Rocques. Neighbourhood of L’Islet and Grand Havre. Lancresse- 
Bay, and on several parts of the Common. It is curious how the 
habitats of this Rose vary in the different islands. In Guernsey it 
is confined to the sandy commons and sandhills of the lowlands; in 
Alderney it is never found in such localities, but always on the 
cliffs ; while in Sark, according to Mr. Derrick, it ‘abounds in furze- 
brakes all over the plateau.’ 
(Rosa involuta, Sm., and R. tomentosa, Sm., occur in Alderney.): 
Rosa rubiginosa, L. Sweetbriar. 
Native. First found: Rogers, 1897. 
Rare. One bush at Perelle Bay, found by Mr. F. A. Rogers in: 
1897. One near the White Tower at Fermain, and another near Les 
Pelleys (vi1l.) in 1900 (Andrews). 
This is the Zg/antine of Shakespeare and other poets, although 
Milton applies the term to the honeysuckle. The word is properly 
French, and is supposed to be derived from the Latin aculeus, a 
prickle, through aculentus, whence old French aiglent (covered with 
prickles), and azglentier, which afterwards became églantier and. 
églantine. 
Rosa micrantha, Sm. Small-flowered Sweetbriar. 
Native. First record: Marquand, 1892. 
I found one bush in 1892 at the bend of the road down to 
Fermain Bay, but two or three years later it disappeared when some 
new fencing was put up. Doubtless, however, this Rose will be 
found elsewhere, as it occurs in Alderney and Sark. 
The tufty excrescences found on the stems and leaves of wild 
Roses, which children call ‘ Robin’s pincushions,’ are galls produced. 
by the fly Cynips (Rhodites) Rosae. All sorts of medicinal qualities 
used to be attributed to these outgrowths by the practitioners 
of the olden time. They are also known as the Bedeguar of 
the Rose. 
Rosa obtusifolia, Desv. 
Native. First found: Andrews, 1900. 
Rare. The var. somentella, Lem., was found by Mr.'C. Andrews. 
on the border of a meadow near Fort Doyle in 1900; a form much 
more pubescent than usual. 
Rosa canina, L. Dog Rose. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rare, though generally distributed in the central and southern 
districts. Nearly always found in single or small bushes, which are 
