ace GUERNSEY. 
over some thirty or forty yards, intermixed with H. murinum. This 
is the spot where Babington found the plant sixty years ago, and he 
also records it from the Braye du Vale. I once found two or three 
specimens on the quarry heap near the Vale Castle, so that possibly 
it still occurs somewhere in that neighbourhood. 
Lepturus filiformis, Trin. Sea Hard Grass. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Rare. Plentiful in a marshy field at Claire Mare (vi.). 
Abundant by the Vale pond. Sparingly on the west side of the 
islet of Homtolle, north of Bordeaux. Pulias (Andrews). Babington 
records this species for Braye du Vale and Lerée Bay. A specimen 
of this plant in Gosselin’s herbarium is labelled Phoentx acerosa- 
aculeata, but this singular name is not given in his printed list. 
Lolium perenne, L. Rye Grass. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Common throughout the island. Both the var. texwe, L. and the 
var. cristatum, Pers. occur. The former is given as a separate 
species in Gosselin’s list, Zodium tenue, Small Darnel Grass 
Lolium italicum, Braun. Italian Rye Grass. 
Alien. First record: Marquand, 1891. 
Frequent in waste corners and roadsides, and occasionally in 
hayfields in all parts. 
Lolium temulentum, L. Darnel. 
Casual. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
There is a specimen of this grass, without locality, in Gosselin’s 
herbarium, though the name is not mentioned in his list. In 
fl. Sarn. it is noted for Guernsey on the authority of H. O. Carré. 
It has not been found in the island of late years. 
The name Darnel, a word of obscure origin, was not always 
restricted to the present species: for we are told by Newton, in his 
Flerbal to the Bible, 1585, that ‘under the name of Cockle and Darnel 
is comprehended all vicious, noisome, and unprofitable graine, en- 
combring and hindring good corne.’ This grass is supposed to be 
the znfelix lolium of Virgil; the seeds are reputed to be intoxicating 
to men, beasts, and birds, finally producing convulsions and even 
death. Its French name /vraze, or Jvrote, evidently refers to these 
properties. 
