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segments, the lowest of which are almost setaceous. Fruit 



brick-red. 



Grosnez Castle. 

 Var. LffiVlGATUM DC. " Plante tres-petite, a feuilles courtes, 



profondement ronoin^es, pennatifides : les primaires obovales ; 



^cailles de rinvolucre le plus souvent chargees, vers la pointe 



dorsale, d'une petite protuberance oalleuse. Fruits brunatres." 



(Brebisson.) Perhaps only a state of var. brytheospekmdm. 

 A beautiful little plant, common on the sands of the 



Queuvais and in sandy fields near La Rocque. April to June. 

 Var. PALUSTRB DC. Leaves much less divided, sinuate-dentate 



or sub-entire. Exterior bracts adpressed. 



Common in swampy places. A rather marked form with 



very narrow leaves and curved, decumbent scapes occurs at 



St. Ouen's Pond and La Moie. ? T. udum Jord. 



33. SoNCHUs L. 



1. S. OLBKACBDS L. 



Native. A common weed. July to November. 

 Guernsey. Alderney. Sark. France. 



2. S. ASPEE Hoffm. 



Native. Cultivated fields and waste places. Common. 



July to November. 



Guernsey. Alderney. Sark. France. 



B. S. AEVENSIS L. 



Colonist ? Frequent on cultivated land. July to September. 

 Guernsey. Alderney. Sark. France. 



34. Ceepis L. 



1. C. TAEAXAOIFOLIA Thuill. (Baekhausia DC) 



Native. Walls, roadsides, and dry pastures. Common. 



May to July. 



Alderney (common). Common all over France. 



2. C. VIEENS L. 



Native. Fields, roadsides, dry places generally. Very 

 common. June to October. 

 Guernsey. Alderney. Sark. France. 



There are two chief forms: (1) C. diffusa DC, a small, 

 slender plant with decumbent stems, branched from the 

 rootstock, abundant on the sa,nds of the coast. (2) C agbestis 



