FLOWERING PLANTS. 95: 
PARONYCHIACEAE. 
Herniaria glabra, L. Rupturewort. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Local, but plentiful where it occurs on commons and dry, sandy 
ground all along the coast from Vazon Bay to Lancresse and Fort 
Doyle. Although this plant is not mentioned in Gosselin’s list, 
there are specimens, without locality, in his herbarium. Var. 
subciliata, Bab. Pulias Point, and on several parts of Lancresse 
Common. 
Recommended by the old practitioners for the cure of hernia, 
and Culpepper tells us that ‘this herbe hath not his name in vayne.’ 
Herniaria ciliata, Bab. 
Native. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Very rare. In 1891, after much searching, I discovered a small 
patch of this species growing at the northern end of Port Soif, near 
Grandes Rocques. I have very little doubt that this is the station 
indicated for the plant in AZ. Sarn., viz., ‘On the northern point 
bounding Port de Fer, Guernsey, but in small quantity.’ There is 
no such place as Port de Fer, but one of the small bays near 
Grandes Rocques is called Portinfer, and is so close to Port Soif that 
the names might well be mistaken. 
CRASSULACEAE. 
Tillaea muscosa, L. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Plentiful on St. Martin’s cliffs, and all along the south coast as: 
far as Pleinmont. Also in many places on Lancresse Common and 
on the coast to the westward. Inland I have found it at Hougue 
des Quartiers (x.). In Gosselin’s list it figures as Z7//aea muscosa, 
Mossy Redshanks, and specimens from Vazon Bay are preserved in 
his herbarium. In FY’. Sarn. it is recorded on the authority of: 
H. O. Carré. This minute plant (easily overlooked, although con- 
spicuous enough by its brilliant red colour) is only to be seen in 
early spring: in dry seasons it has completely disappeared by the 
end of May. 
(Sedum Telephium, L., Orpine, has been found in Alderney.) 
Sedum album, L. White Stonecrop. 
Alien. First record: Marquand, 1891. 
Very rare. Roadside wall at Cobo. Roadside wall at the Vale 
near La Turquie. 
