FLOWERING PLANTS. 113 
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beyond Carrefour au Liévre, about six or eight plants in 1892, 
and again a few in the same spot the following year. There is a 
specimen in Gosselin’s herbarium labelled, ‘Hill above Moulin 
Huet, to left or north.’ Babington found this plant at Fort George 
in 1838. 
Inula crithmoides, L. Golden Sampliire, 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rare. Miellette Bay, and in the old quarry close to Fort Doyle. 
Rocks at Pezeries, Rocquaine. Base of the cliffs at Petit Port, 
sparingly. Mr. Cecil Andrews has found it growing rather com- 
monly, and in some places in abundance, all along the southern 
cliffs from Jerbourg to Pleinmont, but low down, and often not easy 
of access. 
*Pulicaria vulgaris, Gaert. Lesser Heabane. 
Extinct. 
This species is mentioned in Gosselin’s list, and a specimen in 
his herbarium bears the following note: ‘Grows at the entrance of 
the Jaonés, near the Cloture wall, and in such places as are plashy 
or wet in winter.’ From this it w ould appear that the plant was not 
uncommon a century ago. In #7. Sarn. it is recorded as found in 
the Braye du Vale by S. H. Haslam. No trace of it has been seen 
for many years, and it is almost certainly now extinct. 
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Pulicaria dysenterica, Gaert. Great Fleabane. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Common all over the island in wet places and moist meadows. 
The patois name of this plant is Coummaire, so called because, 
according to Métivier, ‘les sages-femmes (en Espagnol comadres) 
en faisaient autrefois un reméde souverain.’ In France it is known 
as Pulicaire.. 
Filago germanica, L. Common Cudweed, 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rather rare, and somewhat local: occurs more frequently in the 
western parishes. Not uncommon at the Vale. Varies greatly in 
size. On the cliffs at Jerbourg and elsewhere there is a dwarf form 
only an inch and a half high: and I once found a specimen near 
L’Etiennerie (v11.) measuring fourteen inches. 
This plant was formerly called Herb Jmpious, because the younger 
flowers ovettop the older ones. Ray, in 1670, writes of this plant: 
‘Herba impia jumentis ruminantibus utile existimatur ad rumen 
amissum revocandum, unde nomen Cudweed apud nostrates indeptum 
est.’ The French name is Cotonnieére. 
Filago minima, Fr. Slender Cudweed. 
Native. First record: Marquand, 1891. 
Frequent on the cliffs at St. Martin’s and the Forest, and on 
several parts of Lancresse Common. 
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