168 GUERMNSE Y. 
CANNABINACEAE. 
Humulus Lupulus, L. Common Flop. 
Denizen. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Occurs in almost every parish in the island, though not com- 
monly. More often to be met with at the Vale than elsewhere. 
This plant may be really native, though I have thought it best to 
class it as a Denizen. Hops are not grown in Guernsey except as 
ornamental garden plants. 
The Hop was well known to the Romans, but was not cultivated 
in England till the year 1524, when it was introduced from Flanders. 
Long before this time beer (or, as it was always called, ale) had 
been brewed in England without hops, other plants being used 
instead. 
ULMACEAE. 
Ulmus campestris, Sm. Common Elm. 
Denizen. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Common in all districts both as a tree and a hedgerow bush. 
The variety serosa, Sm., the Cork-barked Elm, is also common. 
It is worthy of notice that in Guernsey the word Orme (Elm) is 
feminine, like U/Zmus, and not masculine, as in modern French. So 
also the Holly takes the feminine form /ousse, not the masculine 
Ffoux, as in France. 
Ulmus montana, With. Wych Elm. 
Alien. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Rather rare, and chiefly in the central parts of the island. 
Probably always planted. 
The English name Wych Elm (often incorrectly written Witch) 
comes from the wood having been used to make the chests called 
in the old writers zwyches. 
AMENTIFERAE. 
Salix fragilis, L. Crack Willow. 
Alien (?). First record: Marquand, 1891. 
Rare, and probably always planted. Roadside near Le Gelé 
(vi11.). Field corner below Les Rebouquets (1v.). Roadside west 
of Petit Bot (Andrews). 
Salix alba, L. White Willow. 
Native (?). First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rare. Lower end of Talbots Valley. Roadside between Forest 
Church and Petit Bot ; and in a wet meadow at Cobo (Andrews). 
Noted in AZ. Sarn. for Les Landec, but there is no such place: 
