HOW TO KNOW THE SEASIDE 

 FLOWERS— II 



By the Rev. H. PUREFOY FITZGERALD, F.L.S. 



Illustrated with Photographs by HENRY IRVING 



IN a former article I dealt with a 

 familiar group of seaside flowers to 

 be found in most places around 

 our coast. I now present a second group 

 of interesting plants which, with a little 

 search, visitors to the seaside 

 may frequently discover. 



SEA MILKWORT 



The Sea Milkwort {Glaiix 

 mariiima), or Black Saltwort, 

 as it is sometimes called, is a 

 httle, low-growing plant, very 

 common on sandy and muddy 

 shores and in salt marshes. It 

 is a pretty plant, and is well 

 worth the risk of wet feet to 

 find it. There is no relation- 

 ship, except in name, between 

 it and the Milkwort of our 

 heathy ground, and very likely 

 few would place it, on first 

 sight, in the family of the 

 Primroses {Primiilacecv). The 

 Sea Milkwort seldom grows 

 more than five or six inches in 

 height ; it is a humble httle 

 flower, and prefers rather to 

 creep along the ground ; the 

 tiny rose-coloured flowers are 

 produced in the axils of the 

 leaves. There are no petals, 

 the sepals being coloured in- 

 stead, and appearing to be a 

 corolla. 



SCURVY GRASS 



Flowering throughout the 

 summer from May to Sep- 

 tember, the Scurvy Grass 

 {Cochlear ia officinalis) is not 

 uncommonly to be found 

 growing on the muddy shores 

 by the sea. It is more common 



in Scotland than in England or Ireland ; 

 it does not often grow very large, seldom 

 exceeding six inches in height. The whole 

 plant is smooth and, as is generally the 

 case with flowers growing in like locahties, 



SCURVY GRASS. 



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