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readily naturalise itself in this country, and soon disappears from a 
spot unless renewed from fresh seed. 
Phleum arenarium, L. Sand Timothy Grass. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Frequent on the sandy shores of the north and north-west. Very 
fine specimens are to be found in some of the sandy fields of the 
Vale coast. This plant is the Phalaris arenaria of Gosselin, and 
there is a specimen in his herbarium. 
Phleum pratense, L. Common Timothy Grass. 
Native (?). First record: Babington, 1839. 
Very rare: perhaps only a Casual. Roadside near the Vale 
Church, a few plants in 1889. Lane at Grosse Hougue (x.), two 
stunted specimens in 1892. Again a few at St. Sampson’s in 1894. 
Plentiful in a garden at Hauteville, and also in a garden near St. 
Martin’s Church in rg00 (Andrews). No locality is specified in 
Fl. Sarn. 
This species, called in France /iéo/e, takes its name Timothy 
Grass from having been first extensively cultivated in North America 
by one Timothy Hanson, and introduced into British agriculture on 
his recommendation. 
Alopecurus pratensis, L. Meadow Foxtail Grass. 
Native. First record: Marquand, 1891. 
Rather rare, though found in almost every parish: often 
abundant where it occurs. Grows in damp pastures and meadows, 
and less frequently on roadsides. 
According to experts this grass possesses the three great agri 
cultural requisites of quantity, quality, and earliness in a superio. 
degree to any other species, besides yielding an abundant aftermath 
Its French name is Vudpin. 
Alopecurus geniculatus, L. Floating Foxtail Gras 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Common, often abundant, in marshy meadows and on the 
grassy sides of streams and ditches in all parts of the island. 
Milium scabrum, Merl. 
Native First found: Andrews, 1899. 
Very rare. For this interesting addition to the British Flora we 
are indebted to the acute observation of Mr. Cecil Andrews, who 
discovered a few specimens at the foot of precipitous cliffs near 
Petit Bot Bay on April 17th, 1899. It is a rare plant in the north- 
west of Europe, and is not known to occur nearer here than the 
Department of La Vendée, on the west coast of France, and in the 
Netherlands, so that its occurrence in Guernsey is of peculiar 
interest. From the locality in which it grows there is no doubt 
