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Bay, November, 1853," although Wolsey's first discovery of 

 this little fern is usually dated January, 1854. 



In my Flora of Guernsey, I stated that I did not 

 exactly know who first discovered Cicendia pusilla, one of 

 the very rarest and most interesting of Guernsey plants. 

 I am now able to settle the point, through the kindness of 

 Mr. Frederick Townsend, M.A., the author of the Flora 

 of Hampshire. In a letter on another matter which I received 

 from Mr. Townsend (dated 16th June, 1903) he says: "I 

 think you may like to know the history of the discovery 

 of Cicendia pusilla in Guernsey. I was in Guernsey in 1850 

 and made the acquaintance of Captain Gosselin, who, though 

 no botanist, was an enthusiastic lover of flowers. He used 

 to bring me armfuls of plants of all kinds to name for him, 

 and one day among these were specimens of Cicendia pusilla. 

 I recognised it at once as a Cicendia, and new ; but having 

 no books with me at the time I sent it to Professor Babington, 

 who noticed it as Cicendia Candollei, Griseb., in the Botanical 

 Gazette for 1850 (December) p. 327. I visited the spot 

 " on waste broken ground near Paradis, Guernsey," and 

 found in the same spot Cicendia filiformis and Radiola 

 millcgrana. I told Professor Babington later on that it was 

 Captain Gosselin who first gathered the plant, as I knew 

 it would please him to see his name in connection with it." 

 Now, in Miss Guille's collection there are some very large 

 specimens of C. pusilla, one of them nearly three inches 

 high; and, curiously enough, they were gathered during the 

 same season as Mr. Townsend's, for the sheet is dated 

 September, 1850. 



There are many other plants collected by Miss Guille 

 half a century ago about which I would like to say 

 something, but I must reserve my remarks for a future 

 occasion. 



During the month of September last I was pleased to 

 find growing in the sand at mid-tide level at Grand Havre 

 a plant which is new to the Guernsey list, viz., the var. 

 angustifolia of Zoster a, marina. It is a rare form, and has 

 often been mistaken for Zostera nana, on account of the 

 remarkable narrowness of the leaves. I am indebted to Mr. 

 Arthur Bennett, F.L.S., for determining this plant. 



In a letter to Mr. C. P. Hurst, dated August 7th, 1902, 

 the veteran Jersey botanist, Mr. John Piquet, says : " Years 

 ago when I was out botanising with Mr. G. Wolsey, he 

 showed me plants of Linaria supina, growing amongst rubbish 

 near St. Sampson's Harbour." This would be about the 



