FLOWERING PLANTS. 367 
there. Also in the quarries at Mauney. Flowers from the middle 
of May until August. Babington found it ‘on the sea slope of 
Essex Castle Hill, and on the south coast near Chaise a |’Emauve.’ 
Onobrychis sativa, Lam. One plant on the upper side of 
Longy Common. Field near Watermill Farm, many scattered 
plants. Perhaps in the latter station the remains of a former crop. 
ROSACEAE. 
Prunus spinosa, . Common on the cliffs and in hedges. 
inland. 
Agrimonia Eupatoria, L. Very rare. A good many plants. 
on the roadside a little below Longy Villas. Quite typical, and very 
distinct in the furrowing of the fruit from 4. odorata, which replaces 
this species in Guernsey. 
Alchemilla arvensis, L. Common. 
Potentilla anserina, L. Frequent in all parts. The var. 
concolor, DC., with the leaves densely silky on both sides, is the 
prevailing form: the type is much less common. 
P. reptans, L. Very common. 
P. Tormentilla, Nesl. Common, especially on the cliffs. 
P. fragariastrum, Ehrh. Rare. Banks behind the Terrace, 
and on the hillside below, in a few places. Reuters Valley. 
Rubus Idaeus, L. A large patch, ten yards square, on the 
north side of Essex Castle Hill, growing among furze and brambles,. 
in a spot that has certainly never been cultivated. This species, 
which, as far as one can judge, is truly indigenous here, is not known 
anywhere else in these islands. 
R. argenteus, W. & N. Recorded by Babington in 42 Sarn. 
for Alderney, but not for any other of the Channel Islands. He 
remarks that ‘on our plant the thorns are straight, not bent back as 
in Weihe’s plate.’ 
R. caesius, L. Generally distributed and not uncommon. 
(Several other species of Rubus occur in Alderney, but the genus 
has not been studied critically.) 
Geum urbanum, L. Rare. Occurs in the Terrace, and in 
a few places in the immediate neighbourhood. Rose Farm Valley,, 
sparingly. 
