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few plants of Salsola. We were much struck by an interesting 
and apparently hitherto unnoticed feature in connection with. the 
ecology of this species. The leaves of the growing plant are 
tightly pressed against the surface of the sand, giving the rosette 
characteristic flattened aspect. On uprooting the plant, the 
isaves are instantly and violently dejected, each leaf acting as a 
spring and pressing down with considerable force. This strong 
mers faced tem petioles, by keeping the stomata on the 
t a i 
found in all the 
Westmorland, it does not seem to occur in Lancashire or Cheshire. 
Its absence is surprising, as one would expect the sand dunes along 
the coasts of these two intervening counties to afford an ideal 
home og it. 
Linum usitatissimum L. Sporadic, roadside near Rhyl, Fi. B. 
a Wajuiti/olints Huds. Plenty in valley [below St. Beuno’s], 
Acer campestre L. In hedges on road before Llannerch Bridge, 
Fil. B.; near Castle Walter, St. Beuno’s, Stapleton 
uonymus europeus L. “In the copse by Euloe Castle, near 
Hawarden,” Bingley; “It re very infrequent this way. In one 
place only in this county o oe ” Waring; Chapel Rock, ‘St. 
Beuno’ = and Caerwys Wood, F7. B 
*Rhamnus catharticus L. Lower Rock Wood, St. Beuno’s 
(Rev. G.) Bliss, Fl. B. 
*Genista anglica L. On side of stream flowing from Llyn 
Helyg; also cross country track from Llyn Helyg to the Holywell 
Road, near the Traveller's Rest, Fl. B. 
Sarothamnus scoparius Wimm. By side of Ffynnon Beuno 
Fl ne 
Brook, Fil. 
Ononis spinosa L. Near Meliden, Travis; on road near Pont- 
Medicago ceo L. Railway-embankment, Dyserth, Fl. B.; 
Prestatyn; by the railway north-west of Sandycroft. 
Melalotus siitateik Thuill. Found once near St. Asaph Rail- 
way-station, FJ. B.; Ferry Lane, Saltney, Payne; railway-bank 
near Mostyn ; waste groun anil near Point oe —s — *M. officinalis 
me (arvensis Wallr.). Mostyn, 1898, M 
Trifolium pratense L. B *sylvestre ae ~ Bhydymoryn, 1 em 
*T. medium L. Bh wyn, 1903, Mason.—T’. a 
L. Between Chapel Rock k and Tremeirchion, Fick: Hommes 
Rhydymwyn, 1903, Mas 
Anthyllis Vulneraria “cn Near Mola, Payne; Pennant lead- 
mine, and yery plentiful on the railway-embankment at Dyserth, 
Fil. B. 
