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Plantain (P. coronopus} ; several varieties of 

 rushes, especially the Juncus acutus, and J. 

 maritimus ; the Sea Feverfew, with its large 

 flowers, which have a very convex yellow central 

 disk and white rays; the Sea Beet (Beta mari- 

 tima), the flowers of which are green ; several 

 species of Orache (Atriplex) ; the Sand Mustard, 

 (Sinapis muralis), with greenish yellow flowers ; 

 the Sea Kadish (Raphanus maritimus), with 

 flowers large and of a pale yellow ; the purple 

 Brooin-rape (Orobanche ccerulea), with its funnel- 

 shaped greyish-purple corolla; the broad-leaved 

 Pepperwort (Lepidium latifolium), with its 

 compound clusters of numerous very small white 

 blossoms ; in addition to which, among the less 

 conspicuous seaside plants, there are two or three 

 kinds of Scurvy-grass (Cochlearia), with white 

 flowers ; the Hare's-ear (Erysimum orientale), 

 with its cream-coloured flowers, in loose clusters ; 

 the Sea Chamomile (Anthemis maritima), and 

 several species of spurge (Euphorbia), all which 

 have their own peculiar claims on those who cul- 

 tivate the botany of the sea-side. 



With the exception of a few that inhabit gra- 

 velly places and in dry mud, all the plants now 

 enumerated grow in the sand. We shall now 

 direct our attention to those which flourish in salt 

 marshes, or in muddy places in the vicinity of the 

 sea. 



Among the plants most characteristic of marshes 

 of which the water and the soil are largely im- 

 pregnated with salt, is the common Jointed Grlass- 

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