OF MABINE COASTS. 109 



HYDROPHYLLACEAE. 

 Phacelia Douglasii (Benth.) Torr. 

 Annual herb, branched from the base, with ascending or decumbent 

 stems, 10 — 20 cm. long, herbage puberulent and hirsute with spreading 

 hairs; leaves linear, pinnatifid; corolla light blue. 



Coastal sands of California from San Francisco southward. 



BORRAGINACEAB. 



AmsincMa lycopsoides Lehm. 



Annual, with erect stems, branching; the branches sometimes decum- 

 bent, 3 — 6 dm. long, herbage light yellowish-green, hairy, the hairs often 

 conspicuously hardened; leaves ovate-lanceolate, usually with entire 

 margins. 



Coastal sands near S'an Fi'ancisco. 



Gryptanthe leiocarpa (F. & M.) Greene. 



Annual, with strong taproot, branched from base with many erect 

 or ascending branches, 12 — 30 cm. long; stems in sand short, sometimes 

 caespitose. 



Coastal sands of California. 



Eeliotropium curassavicum L. 



Prostrate, much-branched perennial, fleshy, glabrous, glaucous ; stems 

 15 — 90 cm long, spreading; leaves oblong, obtuse, narrowed into a short 

 petiole, 1 — 3 cm. long; flowers sessile, small, white with a yellow eye. 



Widely spread on sandy sea coasts of Korth and South America, 

 West Indies, South Africa, Australia (Western Australia to N"ew South 

 Wales), Pacific Islands. Sometimes on alkaline lands in the interior 

 (Australia, California). 



CONVOLVULACEAE. 

 Convolvulus Soldanella L. 



Prostrate, trailing perennial, up to 5 dm. long, with creeping root- 

 stock; stem succulent, glabrous; leaves deep green, thick, 3 — 5 cm. in 

 diameter, reniform, entire, on long stout petioles; coroUa funnelform, 

 up to 5 cm. broad, pink or purplish and white. 



Common on sandy sea shores in extratropical countries. Extends in 

 Europe from Mediterranean as far as the East-Friesian Islands 

 (Buchenau). 



Seems not to vary much in appearance on the coasts of California, 



