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mintha Acinos) were collected ‘in a furze field E. of La Maison 
Sohier, at the Vale.’ The plant from Les Pelleys is var. Briggszz, 
Syme, and Mr, Andrews informs me that it matches very well with 
Archer Briggs’ plants, but is rather more hairy. 
(Calamintha Clinopodium, Benth., Wild Basil, occurs in Alderney.) 
Melissa officinalis, L. Common Balm. 
Alien. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Very rare. Roadside below Le Tertre (1x.), a few large plants 
in 1893. Field corner below Les Issues (vul.) in good quantity in 
1894. Also found by Mr. Andrews in a second locality in this 
valley, apparently well established. In 47 Sarn. the station is not 
specified. 
Called in the patois Piment. In Briggs’ Flora of Plymouth 
(1880), we are told that ‘an infusion of this herb was formerly much 
drunk by the country folk, and they still consider its bruised leaves, 
with salt and honey, necessary for ‘‘ seasoning the bee-but,” or hive, 
before the young swarm is shaken into it.’ A similar custom is 
prevalent in Guernsey, for Métivier says (Déct. Hranc-norm.) that 
the hives are rubbed with the bruised leaves of this plant in order 
to attract swarms that have wandered away. 
Scutellaria galericulata, L. Common Skullcap. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Rare. Plentiful in the ditches north of Ivy Castle, where it 
grew in Gosselin’s time, as proved by a specimen in his herbarium. 
Eastern side of Perelle Bay. Marshy field between Rocque Maingy 
and Les Goubais. Ditch at Grande Mare, a few plants. 
Scutellaria minor, L. Lesser Skullcap. 
Native. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Very rare. On the borders of the cliff stream at Le Jaonnet, 
near Petit Bot, fairly plentiful. In 47 Sava. it is noted by H. O. 
Carré from furze-brakes near Bessieres; a locality now probably 
built over. 
Prunella vulgaris, L. Self-heal. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Generally distributed and rather common in pastures, commons, 
and waste spots. I have occasionally found plants with pure white 
flowers. 
This plant has long enjoyed a high reputation as a vulnerary, 
and is considered very efficacious in healing cuts; hence its local 
names, Carpenter's Grass and Carpenter's Herb. An old French 
proverb affirms that no one needs a surgeon if he has Self-heal at hand. 
‘The English name is thought to be a corruption of Slough-heal. 
