FLOWERING PLANTS. 203 
Festuca ovina, L. Sheep’s Fescue Grass. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Very common all round the coast. The prevailing form seems to 
be F. tenuifolia, Sibth. (F- capillata, Lam.), but the vars. duriuscula, 
L., and g/auca, Lam., also occur. 
Festuca rubra, L. 
Native. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Common and very variable. Several of the local forms belonging 
to this and allied species deserve further study. 
Festuca oraria, Dum. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Frequent on the sandy shores of the north and north-west coast. 
It is the 7 rubra, var. sabulicola, of Fl. Sarn. ‘There are specimens 
of this plant in Gosselin’s herbarium labelled Poa setacea. 
Festuca elatior, L. Tall Fescue Grass. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Frequent in moist meadows in the interior of the island ; occa- 
sionally in wet places on the cliffs. In 47. Sarn. F. loliacea, Huds., 
is recorded for Guernsey, and there are specimens in Gosselin’s 
herbarium. According to Hackel it is a hybrid between / elatior 
and Lolium perenne. 
Festuca arundinacea, Schreb. Reed-like Fescue Grass. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Rather common in the wet meadows of the lowlands. In 
Gosselin’s herbarium this species and the last are mixed together 
under the name of & ¢/atior. 
Bromus sterilis, L. Barren Brome Grass. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Very common throughout the island. This species is the 
Bromus nemoralis of Gosselin’s list, as proved by a specimen so 
named in his herbarium. 
As this grass ripens an abundance of seed, its specific name 
would seem to refer to its uselessness to the agriculturist rather 
than to its sterility. 
Bromus madritensis, L. Upright Brome Grass. 
Colonist (?). First record: Babington, 1839. 
The type very rare, and only a Casual. A few plants in 1890 on 
the quarry heap near the Vale Castle. Var. rigidus, Roth. Local 
and rare. In several places in the neighbourhood of Richmond: 
occasionally very fine. Lane above Les Rouvets (vuI.) in good 
quantity in 1890. Roadside, Perelle Bay. This most beautiful 
grass seems entirely confined to the north-west of the island: 
Babington found it in the Catel parish. 
