158 GUERNSEY. 
forms of the plant occur here: var. spzcatum, Moq., and var. 
cymosum, Moq. 
Chenopodium album, L. White Goosefoot. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Common everywhere: very variable. At least three well-marked 
forms occur in the island more or less plentifully: var. candicans, 
Lam., var. paganum, Reich., and var. wride, L. 
The patois name, similar to that of the northern parts of 
Normandy, is Swzlle or Senzlle, clearly from the Latin sezz/s, in 
allusion to the general hoariness of the plant. It is generally con- 
sidered a worthless weed, but cattle will eat it; and, when boiled, it 
is said to be palatable. 
Chenopodium ficifolium, Sm. Fig-leaved Goosefoot. 
Colonist. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Frequent, and often plentiful, in cultivated ground and field- 
corners, and on rubbish-heaps, especially in the lowlands. 
Chenopodium murale, L. LNettle-leaved Goosefoot. 
Colonist (?). First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rather common in the north and north-west in cultivated and 
waste ground, and by roadsides. Less frequent in the south. 
Chenopodium rubrum, L. Red Goosefoot. 
Native. First record: Marquand, 1891. 
Rare: occurs in marshy places in the low-lying districts. -Onthe 
shore to the west of Vazon Bay. Marshy spot near Albecq. Dwarf 
plants in fields by Ivy Castle (Andrews). 
Chenopodium botryodes, Sm. 
Native. First found: Andrews, 1899. 
Very rare. Growing plentifully in one part of Lihou Island, 
where it was discovered by Mr. C. Andrews in 1899. Mr. Arthur 
Bennett pronounced specimens ‘good examples of Smith’s plant; 
more compact than most of those from the marshes of Norfolk, &c.’ 
Chenopodium glaucum, L. Oak-leaved Goosefoot. 
Colonist (?). First found: Watson, 1865. 
Very rare. In Journ. Bot., 1875, p. 345, there is a note to the 
effect that this species was collected at St. Sampson’s, Guernsey, by 
H. C. Watson in 1865; but in the opinion of Dr. Boswell it was ‘a 
very different form from the C. g/aucum which occurs about London.’ 
I possess a specimen labelled, in Watson’s handwriting, ‘ Garden, 
1866: seeds from the Isle of Guernsey in 1865.’ 
(Chenopodium hybridum is given in Gosselin’s list, but there is 
no plant bearing that name in his herbarium.) 
