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collecting (assisted by Mr. Derrick, to whom I am indebted 

 for several plants which did not occur to me) amounted to 

 135 species, of which no less than 56 are additional records, 

 whilst 36 of those noted by Babington were not observed. 

 I have distinguished these latter in the following list by an *. 

 As far as at present ascertained, therefore, the Flora of Jethou 

 consists of 164 phanerogams and 7 ferns. 



By a happy stroke of good fortune the tide allowed us to 

 visit Crevichon as a finale to the day's enjoyment, and I made 

 the best use I could of the available half-hour or so, to 

 catalogue the vegetation of this curious beacon-crowned islet. 

 On the rock midway along the causeway grows Jwncus acirius, 

 the only spot in which I saw the plant all day, and it would 

 indeed be curious should that prove to be its only habitat. 

 I found 32 phanerogams and six ferns growing on Crevichon, 

 that " conical rocky mound," the number of ferns being rather 

 surprising. The flora of Crevichon is quite interesting enough 

 to deserve the separate enumeration which I have accorded 

 to it ; but I should state that all these species I have included 

 in the Jethou list, although I failed to find two or three 

 of them in the larger island ; there can be very little doubt 

 however that they do occur there. 



All the plants of Jethou I have seen in Guernsey with 

 one exception : Myosotis Balbisiana, an exceedingly rare 

 species known only in one spot in England, and also in one 

 only on the north-western coast of France. It resembles a 

 rather large form of M. versicolor, except that the flowers 

 are of a deep golden yellow, and never become blue. It 

 is certainly the great floral prize of Jethou, and should 

 be carefully preserved, especially as it was not plentiful where 

 I found it. 



Two or three plants deserve special notice as being 

 abundant in Jethou as well as in Herm, whilst rare in 

 Guernsey. Fepeta glechoma grows very luxuriantly and in 

 profusion all over the island. Erodium maritimum abounds 

 on the higher part of Jethou, by the fields, and also low down 

 on the northern slope. Veronica officinalis is fairly common 

 in all parts of the island. Papaver somniferum occurs plen- 

 tifully, but rather small in size, at the northern end, mostly in 

 the little cultivated plots. Symphytum officinale grows in 

 abundance on the slope close to the path leading down 

 towards Crevichon, not far from the cottage, and has every 

 appearance of being truly wild. I have inserted Phalaris cana- 

 riensis with some hesitation ; I saw but one specimen, close 

 to the cottage : it had perhaps grown from scattered bird-seed. 



