jq THE SAND STRAND FLORA 



TAXONOMIC ACCOUNT. 



LIST OF SAND STRAND PLANTS. 



RANUNOULAOEAE. 

 Ranunculus acaulis Banks et S'olander. 

 Perennial, glabrous herb, with creeping stolons; leaves slightly 

 fleshy, 3-foliate, with sheathing petioles; creeping scions almost filiform 

 and often subterranean. 



Confined to sandy beaches of New Zealand and Chili. 

 A submersed plant, R. marinus L., occurs on the submerged beaches 

 of the Baltic, and on the dunes of California R. californicus Benth. is 

 found, but this species is not confined to the coastal sands. 



Thalictrum minus Dum. var. dunense Buchenau. 

 Annual herb, with creeping rootstock; stem erect, much branched; 

 leaves tomentose below. 



On dunes of Bast- and West-Friesian islands, North Sea. 



DIIXiENIACEAE. 



Candollea glaberrima Steud. 



Procumbent shrub, much branched, glaucous; glabrous; leaves flat, 

 linear, obtuse, 1 — 5 cm. long, sheathing at base, leaving a ring round 

 stem when falling off. 



Sand formations near Perth, West Australia. 



G. Huecfelii Endl. 



Shrub with stiff, glabrous, shining branches; leaves rigid, narrow- 

 linear margins revolute, appearing almost terete, acute, often broken 

 at ends, thus appearing truncate, 2 — 7 cm. long. 



Sand formations near Fremantle, West Australia. 



G. pedunculata B. Br. 



Branching shrub, erect from a thick rhizome, 30 — 40 cm. high, 

 glabrous; leaves linear, truncate, 1 — 3 cm. long, margins recurved; 

 narrowed below, with a stemsheathing base, leaving a ring round the 

 stem in falling off. 



With preceding species. 



