122 GOERNSE ¥. 
very pretty way for the origin of the milk-white veins which 
characterise the leaves. 
Lapsana communis, L. Lipplewort. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Generally distributed throughout the island, and rather common 
in cultivated and waste ground. 
Its French name, Herbe aux mamelles, is the exact equivalent of 
our /Vipplewort. Pliny tells us that Caesar’s army lived upon the 
roots of this plant for a long time at Dyrrhachium, after which /apsana 
vivere passed into a proverb, signifying to fare hard. 
Cichorium Intybus, L. Chicory. Wild Succory. 
Native (?). First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rare. Scattered plants, mostly single individuals, have been 
found in a great many places, and in almost all the parishes. The 
largest number I have seen at once were growing in a sloping field 
below Ozanne’s Mill in 1893, where I counted more than a dozen. 
This plant is extensively cultivated on the Continent for the 
sake of its roots, which are ground and used to mix with coffee. 
The young leaves are eaten as salad; and cows fed upon them 
increase their yield of milk. The Arabic name of the plant is said 
to be CAzkouryeh, whence our word chicory. 
Hypochoeris glabra, L. Smooth Cats Ear. 
Native. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Rather common on the cliffs at St. Martin’s and the Forest.. In 
dry turfy places at the north of the island. Var. Balbisii, Lois., 
Pleinmont (Miss B. Agnew). 
Hypochoeris radicata, L. Long-rooted Cat's Ear. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Very common throughout the island. 
Known in the patois by the name of Piat Laztron, literally flat 
Sowthistle, from the leaves spreading close to the surface of the 
ground. The French name is /orcelle. We are informed by 
Gerarde that ‘the root and leaves tempered with honey and made 
into little cakes, with nitre or saltpetre added to them, cleanse away 
the morphea, sunburnings, and all spots of the face.’ 
‘Thrincia hirta, DC. Hairy Hawkbit. 
Native. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Very common all round the coast, on the cliffs, and on the sand- 
dunes ot the lowlands. 
Leontodon hispidum, L. Rough Hawkbit. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rather common, but apparently more frequent in the low-lying 
districts than in the south. 
