106 THE SAND STBAND FLOBA 



EPACRIDEAE. 

 Cyathodes acerosa B. Br. 

 Tall shrub with spreading branches ; leaves scattered, spreading, 

 linear, rigid, with a pungent point, recurved margins, about 1 cm. long ; 

 flowers white; large pulpy drupe. 



Sand dunes of Victoria. Also in Tasmania and New Zealand. 



Leucapogon margarodes B. Br. 



Low shrub, branches pubescent; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 margins recurved, 5 — 15 mm. long. 



Coastal sands in Queensland (Moreton Bay) and New South Wales 

 (Newcastle). 



L. Bichei E. Br. 



Tall shrub, glabrous; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, recurved mar- 

 gins 1 — 3 cm. long. 



Common on sea shores of Australia. Queensland (Moreton Bay), 

 New S'outh Wales (Porth Jackson), Victoria (Porth Phillip), Western 

 Australia (Perth). Also on Chatham Islands. 



PLTJMBAGINACEAE. 



Armeria vulgaris Willd. 



Acaulescent perennial, with a close tuft of linear, flat or revolute- 

 channeled leaves; flowers- rose color. 



On coasts in temperate countries in Northern and Southern Hemi- 

 sphere, but not in the tropics. 



Statice auriculifolia Vahl. 



Perennial, tufted, branched, leaves 2—3 em. high; resembles S. 

 limonium L. 



Coasts of Western Europe and the Mediterranean, usually on rocks, 

 rarely on sand. 



S. limonium L. 



Stemless perennial, with tufts of radical leaves 5-15 em long ob- 

 ovate, glabrous, fleshy, petio-late, flowers rose colored 



On coastal sands and salt marshes in Western Europe, Mediterranean, 

 Western Asia, California, South America. 



8. reticulata L. 

 is a form still smaller than S. auriculifolia, and occurs on coastal sands 



of Franc™ 6 " 11 "^ We8tem ^ ^ iS Said t0 g ° 0n the west coast 



