106 THE SAND STRAND FLOBA 



EPACRIDEAE. 

 Cyathodes acerosa E. Br. 

 Tall shrub with spreading branches; leaves scattered, spreading, 

 linear, rigid, with a pungent point, recurved margins, about 1 cm. long; 

 flowers white ; large pulpy drupe. 



Sand dunes of Victoria. Also in Tasmania and jSTew Zealand. 



Leucopogon margarodes E. Br. 



Low shrub, branches pubescent; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 margins recurved, 5 — 15 mm. long. 



Coastal sands in Queensland (Moreton Bay) and Kew South Wales 

 (Weweastle) . 



L. Richei E. Br. 



Tall shrub, glabrous; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, recurved mar- 

 gins 1 — 3 cm. long. 



Common on sea shores of Australia. Queensland (Moreton Bay), 

 Xew South Wales (Forth Jackson), Victoria (Forth Fhillip), Western 

 Australia (Ferth). Also on Chatham Islands. 



PLUMBAGINACEAE. 

 Armeria vulgaris Willd. 

 Acaulescent perennial, with a close tuft of linear, flat or revolute- 

 channeled leaves; flowers rose color. 



On coasts in temperate countries in IvTorthern and Southern Hemi- 

 sphere, but not in the tropics. 



Statice auriculifolia Vahl. 



Perennial, tufted, branched, leaves 2 — 3 cm. high; resembles S. 

 limonium L. 



Coasts of Western Europe and the Mediterranean, usually on rocks, 

 rarely on sand. 



S. limonium L. 



Stemless perennial, with tufts of radical leaves 5 — 15 cm. long, ob- 

 ovate, glabrous, fleshy, petiolate, flowers rose colored. 



On coastal sands and salt marshes in Western Europe, Mediterranean, 

 Western Asia, California, South America. 



S. reticulata L. 

 is a form still smaller than S. auriculifolia, and occurs on coastal sands 

 of Mediterranean and Western Asia, and is said to go on the west coast 

 of France. 



