SEA-SIDE PLANTS. 



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was named in honour of John Frankenius, Pro- 

 fessor of Botany at Upsal. 



An equally rare and lowly plant is the Sand Strap- 

 wort ( Corrigiola littoralis\ found sometimes on the 



SAND STRAPWORT (Corrigiola littoralis}. 



south-western coast of England, though but three 

 spots are named as its place of growth ; the Star 

 Point, and the Slapham Sands of Devonshire, 

 and the shores of the Loe Pool in Cornwall. In 

 the latter place it thrives among the shingle, on 

 several parts of the shore. It always grows in 

 places which in winter are covered by water. It 

 has numerous slender leaves, somewhat fleshy, 

 and very glaucous, and stems spreading over the 

 ground, and numerous small white blossoms. 



In the South of England, too, as on the Babbi- 

 combe rocks, by the sea, and on the rocks near 

 Torquay, may be found the beautiful crumpled 

 flowers of the white Mountain Rock-rose (Helian- 



