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S. asper Hill. var. litoraUs Kirk. 



Perennial herb, with stout roots; stems 30 — 45 cm. high, robust; 

 radical leaves rosulate, closely appressed to the ground, somewhat fleshy, 

 ovateoblong, obtuse, often waved, toothed, cauline leaves few, acute, am- 

 plexicaule. 



Coast of New Zealand. 



Tanacetum cam phomtum Less. 



Perennial herb, strong scented, villous-tomentose when young, the 

 wool more or less deciduous in age; stems robust, decumbent or ascend- 

 ing, 3 — 10 dm. long; primary and secondary divisions of the leaves much 

 crowded, the latter oblong, the margin more or less revolute; flowers 

 yellow. 



On sand dunes of California from San Francisco to Puget Sound, 

 along Upper Great Lakes and from Hudson Bay to Maine on the At- 

 lantic coast of North America. 



T. vulgare L. 

 Occurs usually on the coast near the Baltic, but in New Zealand, 

 where it also is found, it is not observed to favor maritime situations. 



Taraxacum officinale Web. 

 is often found on seashores of the Baltic, especially in a prostrate, 

 glaucous form corniculatum Kit. 



Troximon apargioides Less. 



Perennial herb, with deep taproot, low and tufted, stem erect or 

 ascending from a woody caudex, IS — 40 cm. high; leaves narrow, piunat- 

 ifid. 



On sand dunes at San Francisco. 



GOODENOVIEAE. 

 Scaevola suaveolens E. Br. 

 Prostrate perennial, covered with appressed silky hairs; leaves alter- 

 nate, obovate, petiolate, thick, entire; flowers blue. 



Common on coasts of Australia. In Queensland at Wide Bay and 

 Moreton Bay, in New South Wales (Manly Beach, Botany Bay), Vic- 

 toria (Forth Phillip) and South Australia. 



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