70 FLOBA OF .TETtSEY. 



2. Portulaca L. 

 1. P. oleracea L. 



Introduced. Sandy soils. Rare. June to September. 



Garden weed in St. Helier's. Roadside at Pontao. Sandy 

 fields in St. Aubin's Bay. J. Piquet. 

 Normandy (rare). Common in W. France. 



Caryophyllaceae. 



1. Stellaeia L. 



1. S. MEDIA Cyr. 



Native. Ubiquitous and abundant. All the year round. 

 Var. BoEffiANA (Jord.)=:S. palliha Dumort. Open, sandy 



fields. Common. 

 Var. NEGLEOTA Wei]ie=S. major Koch. Hedges and sheltered 



places. Not common. The Quenvais. 



2. S. HOLOSTEA L. 



Native. Hedges and on the cliffs. Comnaon. February 



to May. 



France. Not found in the other Islands. 



3. S. GKAMINEA L. 



Native. Dry banks and hillsides. Frequent. May to July. 

 Near St. Helier's. Portelet Bay. Bouley Bay. Plemont. 

 Guernsey (very rare). Sark. C. P. Hurst. France. 



4. S. DLIGINOSA Murr. 



Native. Wet places. Common. April to August. 

 Guernsey. Sark. France. 



2. Ceeastium L. 



1. C. teteandedm Curtis. 



Native. Sandy places. Common. February to May. 

 Guernsey. Alderney. Sark. France. 



C. ateoedbbns Bab. was nothing but a form of this plant, as 

 Babington himself afterwards allo«ed. 



2. C. sbmidecandeum L. 



Native. Sandy places. Very common. !March to j\lay. 

 Guernsey. Alderney. Sark. France. 

 o. C. glomeeatum Thuill. 



Native. Waste places, dry fields, iVc. Connnon. March 



to May. 



Guernsey. Alderney. Sark. France. 



