FLOWERING PLANTS. 10g 
Galium saxatile, L. Fleath Bedstraw. 
Native. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Rare. Thinly scattered over the common near Fort Doyle, and 
also to the westward towards Fort Le Marchant. In AZ. Sarn. it 
is noted for Paradis, meaning, in all probability, the Fort Doyle 
locality. A much more common plant in Alderney. 
Galium palustre, L. Marsh Bedstraw. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Generally distributed, but rather rare, growing in marshy places 
and by ditches and streamlets. 
(Galium uliginosum, L., is marked for Guernsey in Ansted’s 
‘Channel Islands. Probably the last species was mistaken for it.) 
*Rubia peregrina, L. Madder. 
Extinct. 
Babington found this plant at the Vale, as noted in 42 Sarz., 
but it has not been seen anywhere in the island for at least thirty 
years, and is now certainly extinct. It grows in one spot in 
Alderney, and has been recorded for Sark. 
VALERIANACEAE. 
Centranthus ruber, DC. Red Valerian. 
Alien. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Established on walls in the town, and in other parts of the 
island : rather rare, but to be found in almost every parish. Gosselin 
gives it under the name of Valeriana rubra. 
Valerianella olitoria, Moench. Common Lamb's Lettuce. 
Native. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Generally distributed throughout the island, and rather common, 
‘but much less abundant than /. carinata, except in the extreme 
west. Both species often grow together, and are indistinguishable, 
except by the fruit. The V. Zocusta of Gosselin is the next species. 
This plant has long been known in England as a salad herb, and 
also as a vegetable for the table, usually dressed like spinach. In 
France it is a favourite salad under the name of Mache. Lamb’s 
Lettuce is a translation of its old name Lactuca agnina, but it is also 
‘commonly called Cornsadad. 
Valerianella carinata, Lois. Keeled Lamb’s Lettuce. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Very common on walls and dry banks, and also as a weed in 
cultivated land. This species has certainly quite as much claim to 
be considered native in this island as V. ofvtorta. In most parts of 
Continental Europe it is the commoner species of the two, though 
