228 AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 
These two genera are of Nat. Ord. GeNTIAN- 
ACE, 
On Western and Northern coasts Sczlla 
verna, the little blue Squill, may be found. 
There are often pretty Leguminous plants 
on the grassy borders of sea-banks, but only — 
some half-dozen of them can be classed as 
seaside plants; Axthyllis vulneraria, Kidney- 
Vetch, or Ladies’-fingers, is certainly more 
abundant near the sea than elsewhere; its 
heads of numerous yellow flowers are in termi- 
nal pairs. The Rest-harrow, Oxonzs, is also 
abundant near the sea, and one species, O. 
veclinata, entirely local, is noted as only near 
the sea. 
There is a seaside Vetchling, Lathyrus 
maritimus, with purple flowers ; a Melilot, AZedz- 
lotus alba, with racemes of white flowers; a 
Medick, Medicago denticulata, rare and local ; 
two or three species of Clover, 77z/olium, in- 
cluding 7: zxcarnatum, stellatum, maritimum, 
and suffocatum; and two species of Lotus, 
Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Z. angustissimus and hispi- 
dus, both rare. 
Of the Grasses, the pretty purple spikelets 
of Cynodon, Dog’s-tooth, are found on a few 
