12-1 THE SAJ^^D STRAND FLORA 



Sea coasts of Victoria, South Australia,, aud Tasmania. 

 Closel}' related to following species. 



B. viscosa iliq. 



Tall shrub, floTvering branches viscid; leaves oblong-lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, petiolate, margins recurved, glabrous above, white-tomentose under- 

 neath, 2 — 5 cm. long. 



Coastal sands of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Victoria, and Western 

 Australia (Perth). Also in Tasmania and the interior of Xew South 

 Wales. 



Croton californicxis iluell. 



Perennial herb, sufErutescent at base, with branching stem, erect 

 or diffuse; 4 — 12 dm. high; herbage hoary, upper side of leaves green, 

 finely stellate-pubescent; leaves oblong, 2 — 4 cm. long; petioles 1 — 3 cm. 

 long, staminate plant more slender and shorter branched. 



Coastal sand dunes of California, from San Francisco to Los Angeles. 



Euphorbia atoto Forst. 



Diffuse, glabrous perennial, 30 — 15 em. high, branches slender; 

 leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, oblong, obtuse, more or less cordate, 

 thick, 2 — 3 cm. long. 



Sea coasts of East India. Malayan Archipelago, Islands of Pacific, 

 Yorth Australia, and Queensland southward to iloreton Ba}-. 



E. glauca Forst. 

 is a specimen common on dunes in Xew Zealand. 



E. Paralias L. 



Perennial, with short, hard, almost woody stock and erect stems, 

 15 — 25 cm. high; leaves short, concave, leathery, pale green. 



On coastal sands from Belgium southward in Europe, and extending 

 into llediterranean. Also on the southern coasts of British Islands. 



E. terracina L. var. retusa. 



Perennial, with long stolons; leaves linear-lanceolate to oblong- 

 linear; ver\' glaucous. 



Coastal sands of the Mediterranean countries, Canary Islands, 

 Azores, and Medeira. Very common on the dunes of Spain. 



Ricinocarpiis cijanescens !Muell. 

 occurs on coastal sands in Western Australia together with several other 



