158 SEASIDE DIVINITY. 



Horned Poppy (Glaucium phceniceum), both in- 

 habitants of the sea-shore. The latter is rare, 

 but the former by no means uncommon. It 

 derives its name from the glaucous colour or 

 bloom which every part of the plant exhibits, 

 and may be readily recognised. The root-leaves 

 are numerous, stalked and hairy, the stem-leaves 

 embrace the stem, and are waved, rough, and 

 deeply cut, and from these arise the flower stalks, 

 bearing large bright yellow flowers, which falling 

 off are each succeeded by a pod shaped like a 

 horn, and nearly a foot in length. 



The Sea-pink, Sea-gilliflower, or Thrift (Statice 

 armeria\ is a familiar plant, and produces a 

 great profusion of pink blossoms, which in the 

 months of July and August, when they are in full 

 bloom, have an extremely gay appearance. There 

 are three other species of this plant, which differ 

 in some respects from the preceding, and which 

 bear spikes of blue, and of purplish blue flowers. 

 One of these is called the Sea-lavender (Statice 

 limonium) ; another is the Upright-spiked Thrift 

 (S. spathulata) ; and the third is the Matted 

 Thrift (S. reticulata). 



The Sea-Kocket (Cakile maritima) is a plant 

 which grows in sand and is common. It is about 

 a foot in height, the stem is much branched, the 

 leaves, which are scattered, are fleshy, and pinna- 

 tifid, that is to say, cut transversely into oblong 

 segments, something like the oakleaf, the flowers 

 large, growing in dense clusters, and of a lilac 

 colour. 



