96 THE SAND STBAND FLORA 



coriaceous, glossy, entire or sinuate-serrate; veins indistinct; petioles 

 5 — 15 cm. long. 



Sea coast of North Island, New Zealand. 



RUBIACEAE. 

 Coprosma acerosa A. Cunn. f. arenaria Kirk. 

 Low shrub, seldom more than 1.5 m. high; branches often interlaced ; 

 leaves narrow, close-set; bark yellowish-brown. 



On drifting sands of New Zealand, rarely inland. 



C. Baueri Bndl. 



Shrub or small tree, glabrous except the young shoots, which are 

 sometimes minutely pubescent; branchlets stout, terete; leaves somewhat 

 fleshy, broadly ovate, narrowed into a short slender petiole, rounded at 

 the tip; margins often recurved, glossy; stipules broad, acute, minutely 

 toothed; peduncles axillary. 



Coast of New Zealand. 



Galium verum L. 



Perennial from woody rootstock, glabrous; stems much-branched at 

 base, decumbent, 15 — 30 cm. long; flowers yellow. 



Europe and temperate Asia. Not confined to the coast, but occurs 

 often on upper beach and littoral dune, not infrequently together with 

 0. mollugo. 



VALERIANACEAE. 

 Valeriana officinalis L. 

 Perennial stock; creeping runners; erect flowering stems, 15 — 20 

 cm. high ; leaves pinnate with many lanceolate segments, 2 — 6 em. long, 

 coarsely toothed, somewhat hairy underneath; flowers white or pinkish. 

 Common in Europe and temperate Asia. Not confined to coast, but 

 frequently occurring on upper beach near brackish water. 



Valerianella olitoria Poll. 



Annual herb, glabrous, 6 — 15 cm. high, erect or ascending, branching 

 from base, radical leaves caespitose, oblong, 3 — 5 cm. long, rounded at 

 top, entire, narrowing at base; stemleaves narrower, clasping, coarsely 

 toothed. 



Common in Europe, especially in the south. 



