OF MARINE COASTS. 115 



LABIATAE. 



Galiopsis tetrahit L. 



Annual, 15 — 30 cm. high, with stiff hairs, stems swollen under the 

 nodes; leaves petiolate, ovate, pointed, coarsely toothed; flowers small, 

 pixrplish white. 



Common through Europe and temperate Asia. Not confined to 

 coast, but often occurring on marine beaches and dunes. 



Prunella vulgaris L. 

 In damp places in Europe, Northern Asia, Northern America, and 

 Australia (except Western Australia). In tropical Asia and South 

 America it is found in the high mountains. 



Scutellaria hastaefolia L. 



Perennial herb, with erect stems, simple or little branched; leaves 

 petiolate, truncate at base, ovate or ovate-lanceolate; flowers bluish. 



On the coasts of the Baltic, but also found in Central France and in 

 Northern Italy. 



Stachys ajugoides Benth. 



Annual, stems creeping in sand, simple, 2 — 5 dm. long; herbage 

 densely villous or silky pubescent; leaves oblong, 2 — 6 cm. long, acute 

 or obtuse, petiolate, upper sessile; flowers whitish. 



On sand dunes of California, but not confined to coast. 



Westringia rosmariniformis Sm. 

 Tall, bushy shrub, branches, underside of leaves and inflorescence 

 silvery white with densely appressed hairs; leaves in fours, linear or 

 lanceolate, obtuse or acute, 1 — 3 cm. long, coriaceous, glabrous and 

 shining on upper surface, margins revolute. 

 ■ On sand dunes in New South Wales (Port Jackson). 



PLANTAGINACEAE. 

 Plantago arenaria W. K. ver. divaricata. 

 Annual herb, with erect sometimes branched stem; leaves narrow 

 linear or filiform, margins revolute, pubescent. 



On sandy sea shores of the Mediterranean countries. 



P. coronopus L. 

 Perennial, hirsute; leaves radical, in a dense tuft, linear, acute, 

 entire or sometimes pinnately divided into linear lobes, hairy. 



