154 FLORA OF JERSEY. 



Europe, appearing in an inexplicable manner in places widely 

 separated f;-om one another. The locaUty seems quite beyond 

 suspicion : it is one of the wildest and least frequented spots 

 in the island. Grosnez Castle is a ruin of venerable antiquity, 

 of the history of which nothing is known. 



29. Lbontodon L. 



1. L. HIRTUS L. (Thrincia hirta Both.) 



Native. Eoadsides, dry fields, cliffs on the coast. Common. 



June to September. 



Guernsey. Alderney. Sark. France. 



2. L. AUTUMNALIS L. 



Native. Fields, waysides, dry places. Common. July to 



October. 



Guernsey. Alderney. Sark. Bab. France. 



30. PiCEis L. 



1. P. HIERACIOIDBS L. 



Native. Drj' banks and rocks. Local. July, August. 



The Quenvais near Pont Marquet. Hillsides beyond St. 

 Ouen's Pond. J. Piquet. Eozel Bay. St. Catharine's Bay. 

 Samares Meadows. 

 Alderney. Herm. Normandy. W. France. 



Three to 5 feet on the Quenvais — a handsome plant when 

 the flowers are expanded. 



2. P. ECHioiDES L. (Helminthia bchioides Gsertn.) 



Native. Heavy soils. Bare. July to September. 



Samares Meadow. Le Hocq. Pontao. 

 Guernsey (very local). Alderney. France. 



31. Tragopogon L. 

 1. T. porrifoKus L. 



Denizen. Naturalised in several places on Fort Begent, and 

 well established in the turf of St. John's Churchyard. 



32. Taraxacum Hall. 

 1. T. officinale Web. (Lbontodon Taraxacum L.) 



Native. Fields, meadows, roadsides, &c. Common. Most 

 of the year. 



Guernsey. Alderney. Sark. France. 

 Var. BRYTHROSPERMUM (Andrz). Less robust. Leaves runci- 

 jiate, deeply pennatifid or pennatipartite, with long narrow 



