224 The Romance of Wild Flowers 
has given up the production of seed here as an 
unnecessary method of propagation, though it still 
continues to produce flowers. A very similar species, 
the Woodland Loosestrife (Z. nemorwm) is often 
known as the Yellow Pimpernel, from its general 
habit resembling that of Anagallis. 
A little-known, though exceedingly plentiful 
member of this family is the Sea Milkwort (Glaux 
maritima), a seaside plant that curiously reappears 
in the inland salt districts of Worcester and Stafford- 
shire. On the seashore it grows just above high-water 
mark, and forces its fleshy root-fibres between the 
layers of rock. Its smooth, fleshy leaves are covered 
with minute pits. There is no corolla, but the bell- 
shaped calyx is flesh-coloured and minutely dotted with 
crimson. ‘The five stamens arise from the base of the 
egg-shaped ovary, and their filaments are coloured deep 
crimson. The style is simple, with little glutin- 
ae> ous points at the tip. At first the tips of 
the calyx-lobes separate but slightly, leaving 
a narrow entrance to the flower, and at its 
mouth stands the slightly curved style, with 
its stigma mature and ready to receive pollen 
from an insect that has visited an older 
flower. At present the stamens are so short 
that the unopened anthers are not near the 
mouth of the flower. As the flower opens 
more fully, the calyx-lobes curve outward, so 
Glaux 
opening that the now lengthened filaments elevate 
the anthers above the mouth of the flower, 
where they would come in contact with a visitor's 
head, which would take away some of the liber- 
ated pollen. JI cannot find any special honey- 
