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Linaria Elatine, Mill. Sharp-leaved Toadflax. 
Colonist. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rather common all over the island in gardens, cornfields, and 
cultivated land in general. 
Linaria spuria, Mill. Round-leaved Toadfiax. 
Colonist First record: Babington, 1839. 
Very rare. Noted in 47. Sarn. as having been found by Labington 
at St. Martin’s. Nothing has been seen of this plant during recent 
years, though it has been well searched for. Perhaps it should be 
classed as a Casual. 
Linaria repens, Mill. Striped Toadflax. 
Colonist. First record: Marquand, 1891. 
Rare. On the coast by the Vale Castle in 1890, in profusion 
over a few square yards of the bank. Near Ozanne’s Mill in 1899 
ae B. Agnew). Ina cultivated field at Petit Bot in 1899 (Dr. 
C. T. Green). Plentiful in 19co near the Cement Mill at St. 
Saviour’s (Miss Le Mesurier). Used to be found near the Gouffre, 
but has not been seen there lately. 
Linaria vulgaris, Mill. Yellow Toadfiax. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Generally distributed and rather common in the central parts of 
the island, as well as on the coast. The flowers vary in depth of 
colour. This plant is often known by the name of Butter and Eyes 
Scrophularia nodosa, L. Knotted Figwort. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rather rare, and mostly found in the interior, but I have seen it 
in nearly every parish. 
The leaves are used in rural districts as an application to burns 
and swellings, and are said to cure cuts and sores. One of the 
names of this plant is Kerne/wort, from its having kernels or tubers 
attached to the roots, and being therefore supposed, on the doctrine 
of Signatures (which attributed to any plant bearing some outward 
resemblance to an organ of the body sovereign virtues in strength- 
ening it or curing its diseases), to cure diseased ferne/s or scrofulous 
glands in the neck. 
Scrophularia aquatica, L. ’ Water Figwort. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Common in wet places and on the sides of streams and ditches 
throughout the island. 
In old pharmacy this plant had a high repute as a cosmetic, and 
we are assured that, ‘if the face be washed with the juice thereof, it 
taketh away the rednesse and deformity of it.’ The flowers produce 
plenty of honey, but they are never visited by insects with long 
