134 GUERNSEY. 
more usually written Catioroc, and the marsh is commonly called 
‘Claire Mare. The marsh still exists, but the plant has dis- 
appeared from that station. 
Sparganium ramosum, Huds. Branched Bur-reea. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rare. Ditches in Grande Mare. Ditches behind Ivy Castle. 
Streamside between Mont Saint and Richmond. Valley west of 
St. Saviour’s Church. Petit Bot Valley. Meadow drain near 
Rocque Maingy, Vale (Andrews). It is possible that some of the 
plants in the last four localities may prove to be SS. xeglectum, as 
they have not been re-examined since that species was discovered 
here last summer. 
Sparganium neglectum, Beeby. 
Native. First found: Andrews, 1900. 
In the old millpond at the top of the Talbots Valley, not far 
from St. Andrew’s Church. This species very closely resembles 
S. ramosum, and has often been mistaken for it. In all probability it 
will be found elsewhere in the island. 
ARACEAE, 
Arum maculatum, L. Cuckoopint. Lords and Ladies. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Common in the south of the island: less so in the central 
districts ; rare in the north and north-west. The leaves are either 
entirely green (A. zmmaculatum, Schott.) or spotted with purplish 
brown. 
With the single exception of Orchis mascula, no other English 
plant has borne such a variety of common names as this one: 
Britten and Holland (Dict. Engl. Pi. Names) enumerate more than 
sixty. A large number of these names, including some in very 
general use, are zomina impudica, though their etymology is little 
known. In Queen Elizabeth’s reign the finest starch used for the 
large collars then worn was obtained from the tuberous roots of 
this plant. In Normandy it is commonly called Plettes, or Pied de 
veau, but its more general French name is Gozet. 
Arum italicum, Mill. 
Native. First record: Marquand, 1891. 
Rare. Ina hedge near Rue des Bergers (viiI.) one large clump. 
Plentiful among shrubs on the roadside near Cobo Church. A few 
plants on the roadside, King’s Mills. This is altogether a larger 
plant than maculatum, and flowers later, though the leaves come up 
before the winter, and are well developed in December; whereas 
the leaves of maculatum seldom begin to appear above ground until 
early in the spring. 
