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obovate, toothed; leafstalks long, slightly hairy; flowers sessile, white, 

 the head very compact. 



Europe, Central Asia, preferring the coast, especially on the Baltic. 



T. repens. L. 



Perennial plant, glabrous or sometimes slightly hairy; stems creep- 

 ing, rooting at the nodes; leafstalks long, flowers white, sometimes 

 pinkish. 



Europe and Northern Asia, whence spread to many countries. Not 

 confined to coasts or sandy soil, but often occuring on such localities. 



Vicia cracca L. 



Perennial rootstoek; the annual stems climbing, with branched tend- 

 rils, 6 — 12 dm. long, hairy; leaflets numerous, oblong, 20 — 25 mm. long. 



Common in Europe and Northern Asia, whence introduced to North 

 America. Not confined to coast. 



Ulex europaeus L. 



Shrub, 6 — 20 dm. high, much branched, hairy; the small branches 

 all end in a thorn ; lower leaves lanceolate, upper ones reduced to thorns. 



Sandy, dry soil in Western and Southern Europe, but not confined 

 to maritime situations. 



Vigna lutea A. Gray. 



Prostrate or trailing herb, almost glabrous; leaves pinnately tri- 

 foliate, stipulate ; leaflets entire, obovate, obtuse, 3 — 8 cm. long ; stipules 

 short and broad; flowers yellow. 



Common on sandy shores in tropical Asia, South Africa, Australia, 

 and Pacific Islands, rare in West Indies. On several islands along the 

 Queensland coast, on shores of Moreton Bay and in New South Wales 

 at Newcastle and Botany Bay on coastal sands. 



A nearly related form V. luteola Benth. occurs on sandy sea shores 

 in different countries, but has not been observed by the writer. 



ROSACEAE. 

 Adenostoma fasciculatum H. et A. 

 Evergreen shrub, 6—25 dm. high, with virgate branches clothed with 

 leaf-fascicles; leaves linear, rigid, entire, numerous, and mostly fascicled, 

 8 — 12 mm. long; flowers small, white. 



Although not a sea coast plant, this species is included here, because 



