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stachya, S. sarmentosa) occur in such habitats. On South European coasts 

 the muddy soil within reach of the tide is often overgrown by a grass, Spar- 

 tina stricta. These plants are under water at high tide. On somewhat 





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Fig. 393. Raonlia Haastii, Hook, f., in the dry stony bed of the Craigieburn River, 

 South Island of New Zealand. From a photograph by Cockayne. 



Fig. 395. Stony and rocky part of the coast of the Black Sea. Pinus maritima. 

 From a photograph by Kusnezov. 



higher ground, less exposed to be flooded, numerous plants appear. In 

 North Europe, for instance, Statice Limonium, Aster Tripolium, Obione 

 pedunculata, Suaeda maritima, Cochlearia anglica. and Juncus Gerardi. 



