120 REPORTS. 



Gastridium lendigerum, Gand., Awned Nit-grass. 



Cuscuta trifolii, Bab., Clover Dodder, and 



Osmunda regalis, L., Royal Fern. 



These will now be added to onr Sark list. 



The Gnaphalium is a native of the Cape, bnt is well 

 established in Jersey. It has an affinity to G. luteo-album, but 

 is much larger. One plant of it, a very conspicuous object, 

 was growing on the cliff close to the path in front of La 

 Jaspellerie, and could not have escaped notice had it been 

 growing there in previous seasons ; probably this plant grew 

 from a seed brought over from Jersey by a bird. This species 

 is not yet included in the British list. The Silene, also new to 

 the British list, was growing near the gate on the south side of 

 La Jaspellerie. In the same field were several large patches of 



Arthrolobium, made conspicuous by the green foliage and 

 abundant yellow flowers. Further south, in a field near Clos 

 Buret, where Echium vulgar e abounds, were several consider- 

 able patches of Mentha pulegium. These two species must 

 have been established in these stations for years, and yet 

 escaped observation. Both are well known in Guernsey. 



On a projecting mass of cliff, overlooking the Creux 

 Harbour, were several plants of Rubia. They were stunted 

 and overgrown by furze, fern, &c, but growing on a part of 

 the cliff which visitors never enter, it has not previously been 

 observed though long established. It does not occur elsewhere 

 in the bailiwick, except in Alderney. 



Filago gallica was abundant in large masses in two fields 

 towards Vallette, and in the same neighbourhood Mr. Hurst 

 pointed out Gastridium lendigerum. Near Le Port, parasitic 

 on Ox-eye Daisy, was Cuscuta trifolii, identified by Messrs. 

 Marshall and Linton, not yet noted in Guernsey, though it 

 occurs in Alderney. Finally, on an inaccessible part of the 

 cliff at Vermandee, in Little Sark, were some plants of 

 Osmunda. There is no fear of anyone disturbing them, and it 

 is to be hoped that from this last refuge, the species may have 

 a chance of once more spreading through the island. 



I have found two new stations for Dianthus armeria, one 

 a lane near the cemetery, the other cliffs south of Dixcart. 



Mr. Hurst adds the following also to the Sark list, and 

 says : — 



Potentilla tormentilla, var. procumbeus, Sibth. Occurs not unfre- 

 quently as a native on hedge-banks in Sark, e.g., near Vaurogne, near 

 Dixcart Hotel, &c. 



Knautia arvensis, Goult. (Field Scabious). A casual ; one plant in a 

 cornfield between La Vallette and Creux Harbour. 



