FLOWERING PLANTS. 155 
plentifully in former times in the great salt marshes of the Vale 
and St. Sampson’s, but at present no vestige of the plant is to be 
found. 
Statice occidentalis, Lloyd. Lesser Sea Lavender. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Frequent on the cliffs of the south coast, but mostly in localities 
difficult of access, so that the plant has hitherto been considered 
rare. About Fermain and St. Martin’s Point it grows in places 
within easy reach, but further west, where Mr. Andrews has found it 
plentifully all along the coast as far as Les Thielles, it occurs 
‘almost invariably in places hardly ever visited, and necessitating a 
climb to reach them.’ This species is noted in Gosselin’s list as 
Statice reticulata, and in FZ. Sarn.as S. spathulata, Desf. (.S. binervosa, 
G. E. Sm.). 
(Statice lychnidifolia, De Gir., a non-British species resembling 
S. Zimonium in general appearance, occurs on seashore rocks in 
Alderney. Corbiere (#7. orm.) records it for many places in the 
Department of La Manche, and for the Chausey Islands.) 
Armeria maritima, Willd. Thrift. Sea Pink, 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Very common all round the coast. Occasionally found with 
pure white flowers. 
Dr. Prior (Pop. Mames Brit. Fl.) says the word Thrift is the 
passive participle of the word ¢hreave or thrive, to press close together, 
and signifies clustered. In Normandy this plant is called by various 
names, Pas de chat, Pétraux, and Sent a mie/. 
PLANTAGINACEAE. 
Plantago Coronopus, L. Buck's-horn Plantain, 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Very common, especially on the coast, but also on dry banks 
and sandy waste spots inland. Extremely variable in size. A 
dwarf form, identified as var. pygmaea, Lange, was found at Moulin 
Huet by Mr. Andrews: it is probably not uncommon. 
In Normandy this species is called Corne de cerf, t.e., Buck’s 
horn, a name applied in Guernsey to Senebiera Coronopus: in both 
cases obviously from the resemblance of the leaves to the branching 
antlers of a stag. 
Plantago maritima, L. _ Sea Plantain. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, sas: 
Common in the south at the base of the cliffs, and on rocks a 
