152 GUERNSEY. 
LENTIBULARIACEAE. 
*Utricularia minor, L. Small Bladderwort. 
Extinct. 
The preservation of specimens (without flowers) in Gosselin’s 
herbarium, labelled, ‘Ditch to S. of Ivy Castle, and in the wet 
ditches in the Marais,’ places beyond doubt the former occurrence 
in Guernsey of this interesting little plant, which it is to be feared 
has long since become extinct. Happily the Ivy Castle marshes 
are not yet drained, and it is possible that a careful search would be 
repaid by the rediscovery of Utricularia. It may, however, have 
ceased to exist before Babington’s time, as in 47. Sarn. the plant is 
recorded for Jersey only. 
PRIMULACEAE, 
Primula vulgaris, Huds. Primrose. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Common throughout the island. White flowers occur occa- 
sionally, and plants with liver-coloured flowers have been found. 
The caulescent form, sometimes mistaken for the Oxlip, has been 
met with in a few places, perhaps escaped from gardens. 
The patois name of this flower is Paguerolle, t.e., the little rose of 
Easter; in the north of Normandy it is called Prumerolle or 
Pruniole, but its proper French name is Przmevére, a term unknown 
among the country people of this island. There is a common local 
proverb which alludes to the mildness of the average winters here: 
‘I n’y a povi Noué sans sa paquerolle ou p’tit agné,’ which may be 
freely translated, There’s never a Christmas without its primrose or 
little lamb. Primroses are said to be more plentiful in England 
than in any other part of Europe of equal extent. 
Primula veris, L. ' Cowslip. 
Alien. First found: Derrick, 1895. 
Very rare. Grows sparingly in a plantation at St. Martin’s, 
where it was discovered by Mr. G. Derrick in 1895. About ten 
years ago a lady informed me that at one time she used to gather 
Cowslips in a field near Le Vauriouf (111.), but she had not seen any 
there for several years. Other persons have spoken of the former 
occurrence of this plant in St. Martin’s parish, but now it appears to 
be almost extinct. The Cowslip, however, is certainly not in- 
digenous, and the plants found must always have been derived from 
cultivation. 
The German name, Sch/iissel-blume, or Key-flower, refers to its 
resemblance to a bunch of keys, the badge of St. Peter: and that is 
why the plant is called in some parts of England Herb Peter. 
