98 GUERNSEY. 
UMBELLIFERAE. 
Hydrocotyle vulgaris, L. Marsh Pennywort. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Common in marshes, wet places, and damp meadows in all parts. 
of the island. 
In Normandy this plant is known by the name of Zcwelle d’eau, 
from its saucer-like leaves. Like many other marsh plants, it is 
believed by farmers to cause disease in cattle, hence its names: 
White-rot and Sheep’s-bane. 
Eryngium maritimum, L. Sea Folly. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Common on the sandy shores of the lowlands all round the north 
and north-west. 
Called in the Guernsey patois Cardon d’banque, which means 
literally Seashore Thistle. In Normandy it is known as Panicaut. 
The candied roots of this plant were a celebrated sweetmeat in the 
Elizabethan age, and are alluded to under the name of ‘kissing 
comfits’ and ‘eringoes’ in Merry Wives of Windsor, v. 5. 
Eryngium campestre, L. 
Casual. First record: Marquand, 1892. 
I found a single plant at Bordeaux Harbour in 1892, growing om 
the shingle. It is the only specimen that has occurred in the 
island, so faras I know. This species is common in Normandy. 
Apium graveolens, L. Wild Celery. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rather common in marshy places in the low districts, especially 
those within the influence of the sea, where the water is more or less 
brackish. Hardly found at all in the south, the only place I know 
being Les Rebouquets (IVv.). 
Called in Normandy Ache. In its wild state the plant is acrid, 
and even poisonous; but in its cultivated form, as celery, it is mild 
and wholesome, and very pleasant to the taste. 
Apium nodiflorum, Reich. Procumbent Marshwort.. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Very common on the borders of streams and ditches everywhere. 
The var. repens, Koch., which is noted in the FZ. Sarn. for Long 
Port, Braye du Vale, and Paradis, occurs in several parts of the 
island. 
Called in the patois 4é/e, a variation of the French Ber/e, a name 
applied, not to the present species, but to St angustifolium, which. 
it much resembles. 
