FLORA OF JERSEY. 147 



Melvill." Mr. Arthur Bennett in lit. Mr. A. E. Lomax 

 gathered it in 1882. 



Aldemey. Bab. It is hard to see how he could have mistaken 

 it, but it has never been seen by any one else. Eare in 

 Normandy, Brittany, and "W. France. A monotypic genus, 

 widely dispersed along the shores of the Mediterranean and 

 the European and African coasts of the Atlantic. Becoming 

 rarer north of the Enghsh Channel, and probably doomed to 

 extinction (Watson, Cybele Brit., ii. 95). Still locally 

 plentiful in Ireland. See a Paper on the British distribution, 

 by Mr. C. P. Hurst, in " Memoirs of the Manchester Literary 

 and Philosophical Society, 1901-1902," vol. 46. Pt. 1. 



13. Matricaria L. 

 . M. iNODORA L. (Chrysanthemdm inodordm L.) 



Native. Fields and waste places. Frequent. July to 

 October. 



Guernsey. Aldemey. Sark. France. 

 Var. salina Bab. (Fide Arthur Bennett.) 



Native. Bocks, banks, and sandy places on the coast. 

 Abundant. Almost all the year round. 



A stout, strong-growing perennial or biennial, with ileshy 

 leaves forming thick tassels when dry, with prominent 

 mid-ribs beneath. Stems stout, shining, ribbed, often 

 reddish-purple. Bay florets shorter and broader, disc 

 broader. 



A distinct-looking form, just the same as the plant so common 

 on the coast of W. France, which the French botanists call 

 M. MARITIMA L. Mr. A. Bennett informs me that M. mari- 

 TIMA L. is more woody at the base and has different leaves, 

 and the authorities of the British Museum regard it as a very 

 doubtful plant. Lloyd tested his M. mahitima by cultivation 

 and found that it produced ordinary M. ixodora from seed in 



the second year. 

 M. Chamomilla Ii 



Native. Cultivated fields. Not very common. June to 



August. 



Grouville and St. Catharine's Bay. Bab. St. Aubin's 



Bay. Valley des Vaux. Samares. 



Guernsey. Sark. France. 



