130 GUERNSE Y. 
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Watson, ‘Crcendia pusilla, Griseb. Lancresse Common, Guernsey, 
1861. Coll. Geo. Wolsey.’ This Mr. Wolsey was an acute local 
botanist, who discovered Ofphioglossum lusitanicum in 1854 and Lsoetes 
hystrix in 1860; and, as the best-known station for the latter plant 
is exactly where C. pusz//a grows, it seems extremely probable that 
he was the original finder of both species. In Babington’s AZanual 
the only locality given is ‘ Paradis, Guernsey: Capt. Gosselin,’ but 
no date is mentioned. Paradis is the local name for the Fort Doyle 
end of Lancresse. C. pusilla occurs rather commonly on the coast 
of the Bay of Biscay, but becomes rare northwards, and in Normandy 
it is extremely scarce and local. 
Menyanthes trifoliata, L. Bogtean or Buckbean. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Very rare, and now nearly extinct; in fact, it was considered so 
until Miss Naftel rediscovered it, in 1892, in the marshy corner of a 
field at Cobo, where it grows in some quantity, but rarely, if ever, 
flowers. This plant was at one time plentiful at Grande Mare, but . 
an enthusiastic collector succeeded in exterminating it- some thirty 
years ago. It is recorded by H. O. Carré in FZ Sarn. as growing 
in ditches behind Ivy Castle, a locality known for it in Gosselin’s 
time, as a specimen in his herbarium is labelled ‘ Wet ditches in a 
meadow to south of and joining Ivy Castle.’ 
Known in Normandy under the names of Z7réfle d’eau and Patte 
d’ote. The intense bitter of the leaves has led to their being sub- 
stituted for hops in brewing, and an infusion is much used in the | 
north of England for dyspeptic complaints. 
CONVOLVULACEAE. 
Convolvulus arvensis, L. Small Bindweed. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Very common everywhere as a weed in cultivated ground and on 
roadsides. . 
Called in the patois Vale or Vaile, a word which Meétivier says 
‘se relie naturellement au latin va/gza, contortion, entortillement.’ 
In Normandy the plant goes by the name of Zzo¢z. The flowers 
close before rain, and in dry, warm weather emit an almond-like 
scent. 
Convolvulus sepium, L. Great Bindweed. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Common in all districts. A pretty variety, having the flowers 
banded with pink (var. coloratus, Lge.), occurs abundantly in the 
valley west of St. Saviour’s Church, and in hedges between Ivy 
Castle and Baubigny. It also grows though sparingly, in the lane 
by St. Andrew’s Rectory. 
