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no other evidence of their occurrence in this island. The latter 
may have occurred as a Casual; the former grows plentifully in 
Alderney.) 
Centaurea Calcitrapa, L. Common Star Thistle. 
Casual. First found: Miss Dawber, 1894. 
Very rare. One specimen was found on the Vale Castle quarry- 
heap in 1894 by Miss M. Dawber, and another in 1899, at St. 
Saviour’s, by Mr. H. Le Lacheur. 
Centaurea aspera, L. 
Denizen. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Local and rare. Grows in considerable quantity on the Green 
at the eastern side of Vazon Bay, and in the adjacent fields, spread 
over two or three acres of ground. It grew here in Gosselin’s time, 
more than a century ago, as a specimen in his herbarium is labelled 
‘Centaurea Isnardi: field to the east of the house of La Grande 
Mare.’ In Guernsey the plant is confined to this locality; in 
Alderney it occurs in at least two places, and in Jersey it is more 
plentiful, but was apparently unknown in Babington’s time, as he 
says in AZ. Sarn. that this species is. ‘not a native of Jersey, although 
said by Mr. Dickson to have been sent to him from that island.’ 
*Onopordum Acanthiun, L. Cotton Thistle. 
Extinct. 
A specimen of this handsome plant is preserved in Gosselin’s 
herbarium, labelled ‘Close to and south of the house of the 
Quartiers, at St. Sampson’s.’ There is no evidence of its occurrence 
in this island in later times. In “#7. Sarn. it is only noted for 
Jersey. 
Carduus nutans, L. Musk Thistle. 
Native. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Local. Frequent on St. Martin’s Cliffs. Also frequent on 
the Vale coast. Occasional in the lowlands of the north-west. 
Pleinmont. 
According to Prior this is the true Scottish Thistle, the national 
badge of Scotland. But in the opinion of Gardiner, author of the 
flora of Forfar, the real Scotch Thistle is Carduus /anceolatus, 
although Oxopordum Acanthium is cultivated as such in Scotland. 
Bentham says O. Acanthium is ‘certainly not wild in Scotland, 
although generally selected to represent the Scotch heraldic Thistle.’ 
Carduus crispus, L. Welted Thistle. 
Native (?). First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
A specimen of this plant, preserved in Gosselin’s herbarium, is 
labelled ‘Near the Long Store, and at Lancresse and Vazon Bay.’ 
It does not appear to have been noticed in the island by any one 
