JJ2 THE SAND STRAND FLORA 



Collinsia ocvrtsiaefolia Benth. 

 Annual herb, finely puberulent; leaves somewhat fleshy, ovate, 3 cm. 

 long. 



On sand formations from San Francisco southward along Califor- 



nian coast. 



Linaria supina Desf . 



Perennial; stem short, much-branched, 10 — 15 cm. long, high, de- 

 cumbent, glabrous; leaves linear; flowers yellow. 



On sandy soil especially near the sea in Western Europe; very com- 

 mon in Spain and Southern France. 



L. vulgaris Moench. 



Perennial; rootstock creeping; stems erect, 3 — 10 dm. high, glaucous, 

 green, glabrous; leaves linear or narrow-lanceolate; flowers yellow. 



Common in Europe and temperate Asia. Often on dunes, but not 

 confined to coast. 



Mimulus Langsdorffii Donn. var. grandis Greene. 



Perennial, with stolons at base, stems simple or branching, 6 — 10 

 dm. high ; leaves elliptical, serrate, lower petiolate, upper sessile ; flowers 

 large, yellow. 



Moist sand on California coast. 



M . repens E. Br. 



Perennial, prostrate, glabrous, rooting at nodes; leaves sessile, some- 

 times stem-clasping, oblong, obtuse, fleshy, 5 — 10 mm. long; flowers 

 blue, with yellow center. 



Marine coasts of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. Collected 

 by the author near Sydney and Melbourne. Occurs also in the interior 

 on saline soil. 



Odontites simplex Hrtm. 

 Annual, with few branches; leaves fleshy, ovate-lanceolate, serrate; 

 flowers purple. 



Coasts of Baltic, mostly on gravelly soil. 



Scrophularia californica Cham. 

 Perennial, very like S. nodosa L. 



Common in California and Nevada, but not confined to coastal sands, 

 although often found there. 



