NOTES ON THE FLORA OF THE CHANNEL ISLANDS 423 



with large rayed heads and dark brown strongly fringed phyllaries, 

 which seems to be the f<7. pratensis Thuill. of the Flore de 

 Normandie. — C paniculata L. Still in the same locality at 

 St. Ouen's, where I saw it in 1877; this year it was much dwarfed 

 by the drought. — C. aspera L. Abundant at St. Ouen's, and I 

 think native ; some of the capitula had yellowish-white flowers. 

 Also at Vazon Bay, Guernsey, and in Alderney. — G. Cyanus Li. 

 On the walls at St. Peter's Port, Guernsey ; St. Aubin's, Jersey. 

 Cichoriicm Intybus L. St. Martin's, Jersey. 

 Hypochceris glabra L. Bel Royal, Don Bridge, &c, Jersey. 

 H. radicata L. Still near Grosnez ; it was in beautiful flower. — 

 f Var. hispida Peterm. St. Helier's ; Alderney. 



Picris hieracioides L. fvar. incana mihi. Between the town 

 and Longy Bay by the roadside in considerable quantity. This 

 occurred as a well-marked variety with narrow leaves deeply and 

 unevenly cut, with densely aggregated capitula, the centre ones 

 being much overtopped by the lateral ones. The outer phyllaries 

 covered with a short greyish-white tomentum, resembling that of 

 Grepis taraxacifolia. — fVar. arvalis (Jord.). Near Pont Marquet, 

 Jersey. 



Leontodon hispid us L. Babington says it is common in the 

 Channel Isles, but neither Mr. Lester-Garland nor I was able to 

 find this in the islands. — L. nudicaulis (L.) ?M6rat (L.hirtum 

 L.), Very common in Jersey and Guernsey, and very variable. 

 I Var. arenaria (DC.) (sub Thrincia hirta). A more glabrous and 

 much branching plant, with strong tap-root and leaves sinuately 

 cut, with hairy phyllaries, grows in the sands at St. Helier's and 

 St. Aubin's, Jersey ; near Vazon, Guernsey ; and at Longy Bay, 

 Alderney. — fVar. pristis mihi. This is a densely-hispidly hairy, 

 subsimple plant, with strong tap-root, the leaves deeply repand 

 runcinate and covered with long shaggy hairs at the base. The 

 phyllaries are subglabrous. I saw this at Vale, Guernsey, and at 

 Longy Bay, Alderney. I think it is the L. hispid us of Babington, 

 but the fruit-characters agree with Thrincia. The plant looks 

 specifically distinct from nudicaulis. The name is given from the 

 leaf-cutting suggestive of the saw-fish. Another plant with long 

 narrow, nearly entire, leaves and glabrous phyllaries, which. grew 

 at Vale, Guernsey, is the fvar. leiolama (Bisch.). 



Sonchus asper Hill var. runciiiatus. Mont Orgeuil, Jersey. 



Grepis capillar is Wallr. A form of this plant was plentiful by 

 St. Aubin's Bay, and on the Quenvais, Jersey, and also in Alderney, 

 which had a strong tap-root, with numerous flowers of a deep 

 yellow colour, the outer ligules being tipped with red ; the plants 

 from four to six inches high. 



Tragopogon porrifolius L. Near the harbour, Alderney, quite 

 naturalized, and fruiting freely. Casual at St. Luke's, Jersey. 



i Symphytum asper urn Lepechin (asperrimum Donn), the fodder 

 plant. I saw it at St. Catherine's and St. Brelade's, Jersey. 



Anchusa sempervirens L. St. Aubin's, &c. Apparently native 



in Jersey. 



Myosotis scorpioides L. (= M. arve?isis Lam.). Pont Marquet, 



