472 AITLO U, 
that my wife unearthed a small silver coin in excellent preservation, 
a half-groat of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. 
The vegetation consists almost entirely of low plants. There are 
no trees or shrubs of any kind: heath and heather are absent: gorse 
is only to be seen at the south-eastern corner of the island, and 
there is very little bracken. Rabbits abound, but they find very 
little cover above ground. 
A catalogue of the plants growing on Lihou was drawn up some 
years ago during an excursion made by the members of the Guernsey 
Society of Natural Science, and an account of this visit and the list 
of species will be found in the Zvansactions of the Society for 1895. 
It was interesting to find that the Seakale (Cvambe maritima), a very 
rare plant in these islands, still grows in the same spot where it occurred 
sixty or seventy years ago, as recorded in the Alora Sarnica. Ferns 
are scarce, and the discovery of the Adder’s Tongue was a pleasing 
surprise. Some of the very commonest plants, like the Daisy, seem 
to be absent, which is strange, bearing in mind that the shores of 
Guernsey are only a few hundred yards distant. so that seeds may 
easily be blown across. Mr. C. Andrews has added several species 
to the list during the last year or two, the most interesting being — 
Chenopodium botryodes, which he found growing abundantly in one 
spot. This is the only known locality for this rare plant in these 
islands. 
Thirteen species of fungi, nearly all agarics, were collected by 
Mr. W. A. Luff during the winter of 1897-98. Three of them have 
not been found elsewhere within the area, and their occurrence on 
this most westerly point of land is of some interest. 
The flora of Lihou, so far as at present known, consists of 95 
Flowering Plants, 4 Ferns, and 13 Fungi. 
Ranunculus Ficaria, L. Stellaria media, Vill. 
RR. repens,.L. Cerastium triviale, Link. 
Cochlearia danica, L. C. tetrandrum, Curt. 
Thlaspi arvense, L. Polycarpon tetraphyllum, L. 
Crambe maritima, L. Lepigonum rupestre, Kindb. 
Viola Riviniana, Reich. Malva sylvestris, L. 
Polygala oxyptera, Reich. Geranium molle, L 
Silene maritima, With. Erodium cicutarium, Sm. 
Sagina maritima, Don. E. moschatum, Sm. 
Honkeneja peploides, Ehr. E. maritimum, L’Herit. 
