AT THE SEA -SIDE -NEAR THE COAST 



I. Sea-side Crowfoot 



Ranunculus Cymbalhria. — Family, Crowfoot. Color, yellow. 

 Leaves, clustered at the root, round or heart-shaped, with wavy 

 margins, fleshy, on long stems. Time, summer. 



Petals, 5 to 8, surrounding a head of achenes The flow- 

 ers are borne upon low scapes, either solitary or many, from 

 I to 6 inches high. A nectar-bearing pit and scale are found 

 at the base of each petal, as in nearly all buttercups. 



The plant is propagated by means of runners, at the joints of 

 which are small leaves. It bears beautiful, bright-yellow, rather 

 large flowers. I have found them growing quite in water, on sandy 

 or muddy shores. 



2. Sea-rocket 



Cak)/e Americana. — Family, Mustard. Color, reddish pur- 

 ple. Leaves, alternate, inversely egg-shaped, broader at apex, 

 with a toothed and wavy margin ; fleshy. Itme, July to Sep- 

 tember. 



6(^fl/f and /tf/rtZf, 4, open and spreading. Stamens, 6. Pod, 

 short and thick, 2-jointed, each half containing i seed. The 

 lower joint is round ; the upper, when ripe, 4-angled and 

 beaked. Stem 8 to 14 inches high. 



Not pretty. A fleshy plant, with a large display of foliage and 

 small flowers. Growing in thick masses along the coast and on 

 the shores of the Great Lakes. 



