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officinalis (1 to 12 inches). AntJiyllis Vulneraria, Lotus 

 corniculatus .and Thymus Serpyllum are prostrate plants 

 which never rise from the soil. 



In many parts of western Ireland a similar type of 

 vegetation is produced, but the dominant plants are not 

 grasses, but plantains — e.g., Plantago maritima and P. 

 Coronopus. 



Where the ground slopes down nearer the sea the plants 

 are liable to be covered with spray in the time of storm, 

 and here many of the plants of exposed rock intermingle 

 with those of the pasture. The latter invariably possess 

 leaves much more succulent than when they grow inland. 

 The following selected list of plants found on exposed 

 slopes on the west coast of Cornwall is typical of such 

 situations : 



Maritime Species : Inula crithmoides, Statice auriculoe- 

 folia, Armeria maritima, Plantago maritima, Cochlearia 

 davdca, Spergularia rupestris. Euphorbia portlandica. 



Inland Species : Anthyllis Vulneraria, Lotus corniculatus, 

 Centaurea Scahiosa, Erythrcea Centaurium, Hieracium 

 species, Leontodon species, Polygala vulgaris, Thymus 

 Serpyllum, Potentilla Tormentilla, Daucus Carota, Calluna 

 vulgaris, Erica cinerea, and Ulex europoeus ; the last three 

 very dwarf. 



Geranium sanguineum (bloody crane's-bill) is almost 

 confined to these exposed slopes on calcareous soil. 



