Statice Limonium on the Banks of the Humber. ir 
an extensive outstray, the largest being that at Cherry Cot> 
Sands, which was several hundred yards wide opposite Sands 
House. But over the greater part of the distance it was 
reduced to a narrow strip only a yard or two wide. The cliff 
varied in height from about four feet to a few inches,, but 
even in the latter cases there was no fringing saltmarsh. At 
some points the artificial bank descended directly to the 
bare mud. 
True saltmarsh existed in 1900-04 on the north shore of 
the Humber, east of Hull, only in the following localities : — 
(1) as a narrow strip along either bank of Hedon Haven ; 
(2) a small patch at Pauli Holme ; (3) a narrow strip up to 
ten yards wide, along Sunk Island, chiefly along the new 
bank ; (4) a rectangular patch, immediately east of Pat- 
rington Haven. The third locality was principally the 
piece of saltmarsh left when the last reclamation was made 
(1897). Locality number 4 deserves special explanation, 
as it is the headquarters of Statice Limonium on the Humber 
shore. The last reclamation extended along the west side of 
Patrington Haven Channel further south than the reclaimed 
land on the east side. The bank of the latter ran from the 
Haven Channel at right angles for a short distance, and then 
turned southwards past Welwick. Thus, between the old 
and the new banks there was a rectangular area, forming a 
sheltered corner, which should rapidly silt up. This area 
was described by Mr. T. Stainforth in The Naturalist for July, 
1912. 
It ’will be understood from the foregoing account that 
there is only a comparatively small area of ground, such as 
is usually associated with the growth of Statice Limonium , on 
the north shore of the Humber. The following account is in 
the main an account of the occurrences of Statice Limonium 
under abnormal conditions. 
Station A (Saltend). — This was a small outstray on the 
western side of the Hedon Haven mouth. The adjoining^ 
Saltend Common within the bank was then grazed, and this 
outstray was close-cropped by sheep, etc. The northern 
half was submerged only at spring tides, but was lower than 
the outstray at Cherry Cob Sands. Its level was estimated to 
be 12 ft. O.D. in 1903. Viewed from the bank, it had the 
appearance of a well-kept cricket pitch I was well acquainted 
with this area, and had walked past it and over it on dozens of 
occasions for fifteen years, before discovering that a great 
part of the vegetation consisted of Statice Limonium. The 
plants were very small, each consisting of two or three leaves, 
spread out flat on the ground. They did not show any signs 
of injury due to grazing. The length of the leaves varied 
from 2 cm. to 4-5 cm., the breadth from 0*7 cm. to 1-5 cm.,. 
1922 Jan. 1 
