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officinalis (1 to 12 inches). Anthyllis Vulneraria, Lotus 
corniculatus and Thymus Serpyllum are prostrate plants 
which never rise from the soil. 
In many parts of western Ireland a similar type of 
vegetation is produced, but the dominant plants are not 
grasses, but plantains—e.g., Plantago maritima and P. 
Coronopus. 
Where the ground slopes down nearer the sea the plants 
are liable to be covered with spray in the time of storm, 
and here many of the plants of exposed rock intermingle 
with those of the pasture. The latter invariably possess 
leaves much more succulent than when they grow inland. 
The following selected list of plants found on exposed 
slopes on the west coast of Cornwall is typical of such 
situations : 
Maritime Species : Inula crithmoides, Statice auricule- 
folia, Armeria maritima, Plantago maritima, Cochlearia 
damca, Spergularia rupestris, Huphorbia portlandica. 
Inland Species : Anthyllis Vulneraria, Lotus corniculatus, 
Centaurea Scabiosa, Hrythrea Centaurium, Hieracium 
species, Leontodon species, Polygala vulgaris, Thymus 
Serpyllum, Potentilla Tormentilla, Daucus Carota, Callana 
vulgaris, Erica cinerea, and Ulex europeus ; the last three 
very dwarf. 
Geranium sanguineum (bloody crane’s-bill) is almost 
confined to these exposed slopes on calcareous soil. 
