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also very abundant there.’ Both plants have long since disappeared 
from that locality, the site being partly covered with greenhouses : 
and the former species is now almost certainly extinct in the island. 
But this proves that S. /rwtzcosa existed here early in the century, 
though Prof. Babington doubted it. He remarks in F/. Sarn., in a 
note under S. maritima: ‘Mr. H. O. Carré gives S. fruticosa 
(Salsola fruticosa, Sm.) as a plentiful inhabitant of the Braye du 
Vale, but not having been able to discover any plants of it in that 
place I am inclined to believe that it is recorded in mistake for 
S. maritima. 
Suaeda maritima, Dum. Common Sea Blite. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rare. Brackish pool at Pulias. Lerée Bay. Marshy fields at 
Claire Mare, near Perelle. On the shore below the causeway 
leading to Rousse Tower a more robust shrubby form is found, 
which has much of the aspect of S. fruticosa. Mr. Andrews has 
found at Claire Mare a distinct-looking form with almost simple 
stems, some of them fifteen inches long. 
Salsola Kali, L. Prickly Saltwort. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rare. Scattered plants are to be found all along the shores of 
the lowlands from Rocquaine Bay (and Lihou Island) to Bordeaux, 
but seldom in any quantity. Occasionally more plentiful in sandy 
cultivated fields and gardens, especially at the Vale, where this plant 
is more common than elsewhere. 
Called in French Soude épineuse, corresponding to the name 
Sowdzwort (soda plant), by which it is known on some parts of the 
British coast. It was much valued at one time on account of the 
quantity of soda it contains. The ashes of this and some other 
allied maritime plants constitute the barilla of commerce. 
Chenopodium Vulvaria, L. Stinking Goosefoot. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815 
Not uncommon in sandy fields under cultivation and on the 
seashore all along the coast from Cobo to Lancresse, sometimes 
occurring in plenty. Lerée Bay, and probably elsewhere in the 
north-west. One plant on the roadside at Havelet in 1892. The 
whole plant is invested with a greasy mealiness, which, when touched, 
exhales a most odious and lasting smell of stale fish. 
Chenopodium polyspermum, L. Allseed Gaasfoa, 
Colonist. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Frequent in cultivated fields and gardens in all parts of the 
island, but rather more common in the interior and lowlands. Two 
