206 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
means easily found act ioa a pretty close search. In the same 
neighbourhood, as well as all along the southern cliffs, Mibora 
minima flowers as early as | Masel but it grows more plentifully on 
this Bey is the ‘tae i cla Viola nana, which occurs on some 
of the sandhills ae ste western end of Lancresse Common 
The early spring months Be the time to hunt for that very 
singular little a ge etes Hystrix, which was supposed to be con- 
fined to amling until I discovered it in green on the are es 
young Armeria ree and su ike ; but on liseing them up 
you will perceive that os ey a the big spinous bulb that charac- 
terizes Isoetes, When once you have got the right plant, however, 
your eye will readily fateh others by the leaves a 
There is one pera rare Guernsey plant, well developed at 
this time, whic sitor must not expect to get vee gee amme 
leptophylia,—a graceful and delicate little fern which has 
ane arters i in Jersey. The last nag peat to be smemepnen 3 is lium 
area n leaves and pretty clusters of white flowers would ae it a 
general - favonrte, but for its intolerably strong odour arlic. 
During the month of June, generally the first made if is almost 
og a paleacy to Guernsey to see Orchis laxiflora in all its glory. 
marshy meadows in the low-lying parts, especially about 
Vaton, Cobo, kaa some portions of the Vale, are purple with these 
beautiful flowers; but, ae * ate too early or too late, and the 
exquisite colour-effect is wan nonis reclinata i i a plant which 
the botanist should not ete his time looking for in Guernsey, as 
it grows only in one spot on Lancresse Common, and_ there 
sparingly. The place to see it in abundance is Alderney, all along 
the coast from Fort Albert round to Longy Bay. It grows in rather 
bare or stony places, where the scssaute i is short and dwarf, a few 
yards away from the sea-bank, Another prize that Alderney offers 
