SEA CAMPION 



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leaves, rounded stem, glabrous, zigzag; flowers white or lilac, pouches 

 with 2 seeds ensiform above. 



Sea Campion (Silene maritima, With.) 



This plant is found in Interglacial beds in Sussex. At the present 

 day it ranges from the shores of Arctic Europe, from Italy westward 

 to the Canaries, and northward to Norway and Finland. It may be 



SEA CAMPION (Silene maritima, With 



found around the entire coast of Great Britain, except in Merioneth. 

 South Lancashire, and West Ross. It ascends to 3000 ft. in the 

 Highlands. 



The Sea Campion, or Seaside Catchfly if we may coin the 

 name, is a familiar sight on all our seashores in the summer months, 

 loving best the sandy tracts. It is thus a strand plant, a sand-lover, 

 and a salt-lover, though occasionally it is found in Alpine tracts by 

 streams, but this is the exception. It is practically thus a xerophyte 

 or dry-soil type. It is associated with the Yellow Horned Poppy, 

 Tamarisk, Sea Buckthorn, Thrift, and Centaury amongst other mari- 

 time wild flowers. 



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