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THE VEGETATION OF SMALL ISLETS. 



Myosotis collina. Iris foetidissima. 



Anagallis arvensis. Scilla autumnalis. 



Armeria maritima. Juncus maritimus. 



Plantago coronopus Luzula sp. (leaves). 



lanceolata. Carex arenaria. 



Beta maritima. Holcus lanatus. 



Atriplex hastata. Dactylis glomerata. 



Eumex crispus. Festuca ovina. 

 Euphorbia Helioscopia. rubra. 



portlandica. Lolium pereune. 

 Orchis sp. (leaves). 



Iii speaking of the Channel Islands one is very apt 

 to lose sight of a group of small islets which geographically 

 form part of the main archipelago, although by a strange 

 anomaly they appertain, not to England, but to another 

 country : I refer to the Chausey Islands, which belong 

 to France. They are not perhaps of much importance 

 politically or commercially, but from a botanical point of view 

 they should not be disregarded when treating of the Channel 

 Islands as a whole. It will not be inappropriate therefore to 

 conclude this paper with a list of the plants which have been 

 noted for the Chausey Islands by two competent and reliable 

 observers : first, a French botanist, Monsieur Louis Crie, 

 Professor at the College of Pennes, who published in 1877 

 " Un Essai sur la vegetation de l'Archipel Chausey," and 

 secondly, my venerable friend Mr. John Piquet, the well- 

 known Jersey botanist, who in company with his son, Mr. 

 F. Gr. Piquet, paid three visits to the islands during 1903 and 

 1904 for the purpose of studying the flora. I am indebted to 

 Mr. Piquet for kindly sending me a copy of his list, which I 

 believe has not hitherto been published. 



In the following pages Mons. Crie's list is given intact, 

 and the additions made to it by Mr. Piquet are distinguished 

 by a star. It will be seen that the flora of these rocky islets 

 is a very rich and varied one, comprising about 275 flowering 

 plants and ferns. It gives me pleasure to be able to furnish 

 such a list for our Transactions, because so far as I am aware, 

 nothing approaching so comprehensive a catalogue of Chausey 

 plants has ever yet appeared in any English publication. 



Chausev Islands ^is l^le archipelago consists of a number of 

 y rocks and islets spread over an area of about 



seven miles by five. It is situated at a distance of some twenty-five 

 miles south-east of Jersey, and nine miles from Granville. The largest 

 and most important island of the group, called La Grande He, is of 

 very irregular shape and measures a mile or so in length, and not more 

 than a quarter of a mile in its greatest width. A certain amount of 

 land is under cultivation, but the greater portion of the island _ is wild 

 and rocky. Formerly the population was much larger than it is now ; 

 at the present day there are hardly more than fifty permanent inhabi- 

 tants, but the number is much increased during the summer season. 



