84 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
The Flora of Guernsey and the Lesser Channel Islands—namely, 
Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou, and the adjacent Islets. y 
ERNEST Dav Mar quanp. With five Maps. London 
Dulau & Co. 1901. S8vo, cloth, pp. 501. Price 10s. 6d. nef 
HE Primitie Flore Sarnica of the late Prof. Babington bears 
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read before the Guernsey Natit} History Society in 1889 (re- 
printed from its sags ene in 1891), mentioned that he was 
engaged on a bua of Guernsey. In 1890 he gave us one on the 
Flora of Jethou; n 1892, one on the Mosses, Hepatice, and 
ichens of erisitivey and in 1899, one on the Flora of Alderney. 
These he has now brought together and completed in the present 
work, which includes lists of the flowering plants, ferns and allies, 
Characen, mosses, Hepaticw, Fungi, seaweeds, fresh-water Alge, 
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island and islet has an introductory chapter of much interest. 
That on Guernsey discusses the climate and geology, giving a list 
of one hundred and eighty-eight plants found in flower in December 
from the 4th to the 31st, of which about fifty were fairly common 
throughout the month; then comes a botanical section, with various 
ists, &e., relating to Watson's types, &c.; and a history of the 
botany of the snland 312 pages devoted to Guernsey flora; 
Alderney has 65, Sark 35, Herm 13, and the other islets = Be: 
“List of peat a sae not found in the other isles.” Sep 
Indexes are giv r Guernsey and Alderney and Sark, the feat 
of the other fetity" not being oa ae this we think an unsatis- 
factory and inconvenient arran 
The work is Mat clearly pitied full lists of localities are 
ee with here and there interesting but somewhat diffuse notes; 
e patois names wer e known, as well as those in use in Normandy; 
the nativity of the species, and its first record for the flora. Mr. 
arquand has had access to the very interesting collection of 
peta plants that formerly belonged to Joshua Gosselin who 
published a list in Be erry’s History of Guernsey in 1705, a few 
Sait “of whom are given from his great- -granddaughter. For 
Cicendia pusilla he gives the date of 1861 with a doubt; this was 
recorded by Babington in the Botanical Gazette for 1850, p. 827, 
as found by Mr. Townsend, but I have reason to Leet that he 
sftanwards found Capt. Gosselin was the real discove 
r. Marquand has done his Pati carefully ct ‘well; and has 
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Society of Edinburgh for 1850, pp. 71-78. 
Artaur BENNETT. 
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