92 THE SAND STBAND FLOBA 



On sand at Moreton Bay and Port Jaeksor L. myrtifolium Sieb. 

 is quite common. 



Melaleuca. 

 Several species of this typical Australian genus occur on coastal 

 sands, f. i. M. parviflora Eeich. on sand dunes of Victoria. Not re- 

 stricted to the coast, however. M. ericifolia Smith thrives in very 

 salty situations, growing almost like a mangrove on muddy ocean shores. 

 It is especially well adapted for fixing sand along salt lagoons and in 

 wet places between dunes. 



Metrosideras tomentosa A. Eich. 



Large shrub or tree with massive spreading arms and stout, tomentose 

 branchlets; leaves 3 — 10 cm. long, with short petioles, oblong, usually 

 narrowed towards apex, rounded at base, margins flat or recurved, 

 clothed with white tomentum beneath. 



New Zealand (North Island only) coasts. Abundant on North 

 Cape. 



ONAGRACEAE. 

 Fuchsia procurribens B. Cunn. 

 Much-branched; stems prostrate, slender, 15 — 45 cm. long; leaves 

 alternate, ovate, 1 — 2 cm. long, shorter than ■ petioles ; berry large, 

 glaucous. 



. Sandy places near highwater mark on Northern coast of North 

 Island, New Zealand. 



Oenothera cheiranthifolia Hornem. 



Annual caulescent herb, prostrate and radiating from a central 

 radical rosette, crowning the taproot, 45 — 75 cm. long, rigid and tough; 

 leaves thick, canescently pubescent, obovate-oblong, obtuse, shortly peti- 

 olate, 1 — 3 cm. long; flowers yellow; seeds many. 



Coastal sand dunes, California. 



0. micrantha Hornem. 



Annual; branches procumbent from a short primary axis, not rigid 

 or tough, pubescence hirsutulous; leaves radical, in rosette, oblong- 

 lanceolate, 4 cm. long, slightly undulate, denticulate. 



Does not differ materially from foregoing species. 



Californian coast from San Francisco southward. According to 



