igo II.OWI-.RS ()!• THE SKA-COAST 



Cardigan, Dfiihigh, Mini, S. Lanes, S.K. "\'()rks, Xorihunilx-rland, 

 but is ubiquitous elsewhere. In Scotland it is louiul on the coasts of 

 Dumfries, Kirkcudlirij^ht, W'imown, bile. It is ilius general from bite 

 to Kent and Devon. it is nali\c in Ireland and the Channel Islands. 



Sea Lavender is found on muddy shores, llat coasts, and estuaries, 

 especially on the east coast as well as on the west, where the rocky 

 foreshore; is llankt'd 1)\ stretches of nind or santl. It is found ul'ic|-c 

 Thrift, .Sea I'urslane, Sea Milkwt)rl, Seaside liindwecd, and .Sea 

 Plantain grow. 



The aerial llowering stem is really a scape, and all the leaves are 

 railical, having a wavy margin, with long leaf-stalks, and pinnately- 

 arranged veins. The lea\es are oljlong, smooth, blunt, and mucronate, 

 or l)luntly terminated with a sharp point. 



The flowers are small Ijut conspicuous, l)luc, antl borne on leafless 

 scapes or flowering stems, which are numerous, angular, and bear 

 terminal flowers in a much-branched corymb or panicle, each spikelet 

 bearing two or three flowers, and the spikes are spreading and even 

 curved backwards. The outer bracts or leaflike organs of the caly.x 

 are rounded on the back, the calyx lobes having intermediate teeth. 

 The caly.x and corolla each form a tube.. There is honey at the base 

 of the latter. 



The plant is about i ft. high. It flowers between May and 

 August. It is perennial, and propagated b\" division, antl \\orth\ of 

 cultivation. 



The flowers are dimorphic, of two types. Being a maritime plant 

 the flower is not visited by insects like an inland species. The petals 

 have long claws or stalks, the stamens are opposite the corolla lobes, 

 and the anther-stalks are threadlike; the anthers open inwards, and the 

 stvles are free, their stigmas being hairlike or linear, and the flower is 

 thus adapted to self-pollination. The anthers are rijje before the 

 stigma. 



The calyx is coloured. The caly.x does not fall, and some flowers 

 have undeveloped anthers; being membranous above, the capsule is 

 dispersed by the wind. 



Sea Lavender is a salt-lover and requires a saline soil, being also a 

 sand-loving jjlant and growing on a sand soil. 



A micro-fungus, Vro)UYCCs limoiiii attacks it. A beetle, Apion 

 liiiiottii, and a moth, Adactyla bennetii, are to be found upon it. 



Linioninm, Dioscorides, is from the Greek Icimonios, belonging to 

 a moist place or meadow, and the second Latin name refers to its 

 common occurrence. 



