OF MARINE COASTS. 9 " 



CAMPANULACEAE. 



Campanula rotund&folia L. 



Perennial, with slender, creeping rootstock; radical leaves ovate, 

 others narrow-lanceolate, entire; flowers blue. 



Common on dry places throughout Europe, but not confined to coast, 

 although it frequently occurs on established dunes. 



Jasione montana L. 



Biennial, with tufted leaves, linear or lanceolate, somewhat hairy; 

 flowers blue. 



Widely spread in Europe. 



It is especially the form litoralis Fries, prostrate and tufty, which 

 occurs on the dunes of the Baltic. 



COMPOSITAB. 

 Achillea millefolium L. 

 Perennial herb, common in Europe and North America, but not 

 confined to the coast, although it frequently occurs on dunes. 



Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) B. & H. 

 Is abundant on dunes at San Francisco and Pacific Grove, but is 

 not restricted to coastal sands. 



Angianthus eriocephalus Benth. 



Low, slender annual, 2 — 5 cm. high, leaves narrow-linear, opposite, 

 entire, woolly-white. 



On coast sand formations in Victoria and Western Australia. 

 Occurs also in Tasmania. 



Artemisia absinthium L. • 



Shrubby, with short stem, much-branched and leafy, annual flower- 

 ing stems hard, 3 — 6 dm. high, white-gray tomentose; leaves small, 

 divided into oblong, linear, obtuse lobes. 



Near the sea in Europe and temperate Asia, whence introduced to 

 North America and New Zealand. 



A. campestris L. 

 Perennial stock, sometimes shrubby, low, branched; annual branches 

 spreading, 3 — 4 dm. long, glabrous, somewhat reddish; leaves small, 

 once or twice pinnate, with few narrow-linear segments, green on upper 

 surface. 



