86 THE SAND STRAND FLOEA 



L. litoralis Dougl. 

 is a sea shore iDlant of California, from Point Eeyes northward to 

 Vancouver Island. (Jepson 1. c.) 



L. trifidus Torr. 



Annual herb, branched from base, 15 — 30 cm. high, densely pilose 

 pubescent, the younger parts canescent; leaflets 6 — 8, linear; corolla 

 blue, with a white spot on the banner. 



Coastal sands at S'an Francisco and Pacific Grove. 



Medica'go litoralis Eohde. 

 Annual herb, with obcordate leaflets, toothed at apex, hairy. 

 On sandy sea shores of the Mediterranean. 



M. marina L. 

 Perennial herb, with obovate leaflets, toothed at apex, tomentose; 

 flowers yellow, large. 



Sandy shores of the Me'diterranean region. 



Oxyloiium caUistachys Benth. 



Tall shrub, young branches angular, clothed with appressed silky 

 hairs; leaves lanceolate, 5 — 10 cm. long, obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous 

 and reticulate above, silky-pubescent beneath, especially when young; 

 flowers yellow. 



Eestrieted to Western Australia. 



0. reticulatum Meissn. 



Shrub, 6 — 10 dm. high, rigid branches, silky-pubescent; leaves op- 

 posite, obovate, obtuse, 2 cm. long, coriaceous, reticulate and glabrous 

 in age. 



Sea shore sands of West Australia. Occurs also on inland sand 

 formations of that country. With several other species of Oxylobium 

 common in the neighborhood of Perth. 



Swainsonia 

 is a genus represented by several species on the sand formations of 

 Australia, especially Victoria, but these plants are not restricted to 

 the coast. 



Trifolium fragiferum L. 

 Perennial stock, creeping stems, rooting at the nodes; leaflets 



