MK. F. LONG ON THE SALT-MARSH FLORA OF WELLS. 525 
of S. reticulata. Since the destruction of the rabbits and the 
closing of the channel, a change has been gradually taking 
place in the condition of the flora. Last summer I found 
two grasses that I had not seen before. These I sent to 
Mr. Arthur Bennett, who said one was Poa subccerulea, Smith, 
an addition to the county list. Of the other he said, “ I do 
not remember to have seen this before, and I believe it to be 
Festuca distans, L. p. capillaris, Litj. = Glyceria distans, 
Vahl., var. pulvinata, Fries.” He also quotes the following 
description of it from Anderssen in his Scandinavian grasses. 
“ Pumila (dense caspitosa) culmis stolonibusque divergentibus 
in pulvino densisshno compacta, panicula depanperata, con- 
tractu, ramis abbreviatis imis subgeminis, glumis ( paleisque ) 
acutioribus, p. 54, 1852.” It grows in dense masses com- 
pletely covering the ground, and one would think it might 
be a useful grass for growing on sandy wastes. The leaves 
are narrow, T L in., and from 12 to 20 in. in length. On 
account of the drier condition of this part, Chencepodiutn 
rubrum and var. Pseudo-botryoides and Salicornia procumbens 
all of which delight in a sandy mud-flat, occasionally covered 
by tidal water, have quite disappeared and their places have 
been taken by Statice reticulata which has of late spread over 
a considerable area where a few years ago not a plant was 
to be seen. 
In treating of salt-marsh plants, I think they may be 
divided into two groups : (1) Those that grow on mud-flats 
and the sides of creeks, and like repeated doses of salt water, 
such as Salicornia herbacea and radicans . Siurda maritima, Aster 
tripolium, Glyceria maritima, Armeria maritima , Spergularia 
media, Plantago maritima , and a few others. (2) Those that 
grow on ground that is only- covered at high spring tides, 
and consequently only get occasional doses of salt water, 
such as Suceda fruticosa, Statice limonium, Statice auriculce- 
folia. S. reticulata , Franhenia lavis, Salsola kali, Artemisia 
maritima, and others. 
In making this division I only state it with reference to 
type forms each of which has its own horizon, although the 
species may be scattered about at different levels. Take, 
