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SUEDA Iv'L^iRITIIvii'^ REPORTED FROM SANDG.'.TS 



A specimen of Sueda Maritima was brought to 

 the Library by Mr, A.W, Pynmore, who records that 

 one plant was found in 1951; this was allov/ed to 

 seed and the follov/ing summer many seedlings grew 

 ■up. This seems to be its first appearance in 

 Sandgate. 



Sueda maritima, the Sea BlitOj belongs to 

 chenopodiacea, to which a number of seaside plants 

 belong. It is a typical salt marsh plants low 

 grov/ing and much branched j with a wiry framework 

 and thick, narrow succulent leaves. The v/hole plant 

 has a reddish tinge, often deepening to an 

 attractive dark crimson in late autumn. It is 

 annual or biennial in habit; the flov/ers are 

 inconspicuous. 



Salt marsh plants are not common in the 

 Folkestone district. A few species are established 

 on Romney Marsh at the entrance to the sluices where 

 the tidal waters are admitted and others have 

 appeared in several places on Hythe Ranges and 

 elsevi^here, where shallow pools of brackish water 

 have collected, but Sueda maritima has not been 

 reported from these sites though it is a very 

 common salt marsh plant. 



It is abundant at Sandwich and also grows at 

 the Midrips , Dungeness. It seems probably that the 

 seed v/as seaborne from Sandwich during the violent 

 storms that did so much damas;e to the seafront at 

 Sandgate. VERA P.P. DAY. 



SALVIA PRATENSIS - IvIEADOW SAGE 



Salvia Pratensis - meadow sage, a rare plant of 

 southern England with large blue flov/ers 1 inch long. 

 One plant with many blossoms v/as blooming in the 

 garden of ray house for three weeks in 1931« I"t has 

 not reappeared in 1952. 



W.M. HODGES. 



