1858.] PLANTS OF THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. 637 



Orobanche coerulea, Vill. ? — Very common on hedge-banks and 

 in meadows. Parasitical upon Achillea Millefolium. It has 

 been found in Norfolk only in Britain. 



Orohanche amethystea. — Probably a variety of 0. minor, and 

 parasitical on Eryngium ; is abundant on the sands of St. Oucn's 

 Bay^ Jersey. 



Linaria pelisseriana, Mill. — Western and southern Europe, 

 along the Mediterranean ; found in Jersey, near St. Peter's Bar- 

 racks. 



Sibtliorpia europcea, Linn,. — Common by the " Jersey Wells." 

 It appears in southern Ireland and the south-west of England. 



Ba7'tsia viscosa, Linn. — Common in wet places, Jersey. 



Armeria plantaginea, DC? — On sandy heaths and wastes, in 

 western Europe ; in our Flora only in the Channel Islands. The 

 Uuenvais and St. Brelade's, Jersey. 



Mercurialis annua, Linn. — Very common in gardens and cul- 

 tivated land, in the Channel Islands. Central and southern Eu- 

 rope ; not generally common in England or Ireland. 



Orchis laxiflora, Lam. — Common in southern Europe; in the 

 British Isles confined to Jersey and Guernsey. 



Spiranthes cestivalis, Koch. — Chiefly in southern Europe. In 

 the British Isles only in the New Forest, and St. Ouen's Pond, 

 Jersey. 



Trichonema Bulbocodium, Reich. — All round the Mediterra- 

 nean, up to the Channel Islands and Devonshire. 



Scilla autumnalis, Linn. — St. Catherine's Bay, Grosnez, etc. ; 

 Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark. In Britain only in southern 

 counties. 



Allium spJiarocephalum, Linn. — Sands of St. Aubin's Bay. 

 In Britain only near Bristol. 



Juncus capitatus, Wrig.^- Western and southern Europe. In 

 the British Isles only the Quenvais and St. Brelade's, Jersey. 

 Port-de-Fer and Vale Common, Guernsey. 



Scirpus pungens, Vahl. — Chiefly in North America and the 

 West Indies, occasionally in western Europe, as at St. Ouen's 

 Pond, Jersey. 



Lagurus ovatus, Linn. — Common all round the Mediterranean, 

 and appearing in Guernsey. 



Polypogon monspeliensis, Desf. — Braye-du-Valle, Guernsey. 

 In England only in the south-eastern counties. 



