SExi-SIDE PLANTS. 



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At the top of this is a cluster of rose-coloured, 

 star-like flowers, which, like those of all the species, 

 only open in sunshiny days, and close early in the 



SEA BINDWEED, OR CONVOLVULUS (Convolcolus Soldanella). 



afternoon. On similar places grows also the dwarf- 

 tufted Centaury (Erythrcea littoralis), which is ge- 

 nerally a lower growing plant, with a more dense 

 cluster of blossoms, which appear a month earlier 

 in the year; while the broad-leaved Centaury 

 (Erythrcea latifolia) grows on the sea-shore with a 



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