Statice Limonium on the Banks of the Humber. 95 
11 cm. high, compact, with numerous flowers. The leaves 
varied from 2*5 to 5-3 cm. in length, and from o*8 to i-6 cm. 
breadth. The average length was 4-6 cm. and the average 
breadth 1 cm. The thickness of the leaves was 310-350/*. 
In both these patches the leaves were sub -erect, and the 
plants formed a dense shrubby growth, quite unlike the dwarf 
plants at Saltend. 
The following table summarises the data for 1902-04 : — 
Locality . 
Length 
of leaf. 
Breadth 
0 f leaf. 
Thickness* 
Height of 
inflorescence . 
A. Saltend 
2-4*5 cm * 
0*7-1 *5 cm. 
320-330/* 
no flowers 
B. Hedon Haven up to 43 cm. 
up to 9 cm. 
440-480 /* 
up to 47*5 cm 
C. Stone Creek 
D. Sunk Island 
E. Welwick 
not measured 
not measured 
10-18 cm. 
2-3*5 cm. 
400-430/* 
up to 30 cm. 
F. Easington — ■ 
Kilnsea (1) 
5-7*5 cm. 
1 *5-2*2 cm . 
310-350 /* 
no flowers 
Easington — 
Kilnsea (2) 
5*3-12*5 cm. 
1 *8-2*5 cm. 
310-330 /* 
not measured 
G. Easington 
2-5-5 ’3 cm. 
o*8-i *6 cm. 
310-350 /* 
6*6-ii cm. 
In May, 1904, plants of Statice were transplanted from the 
Saltend outstray to the edge of the adjacent strip of saltmarsh, 
at the level at which Aster Tripolium began to grow. Sods 
about six inches in diameter were cut out and embedded in 
the mud, being fixed by a stake, 2 ft. 6 in. long, driven 
through the sod into the mud. Other plants from the same 
locality were transferred to a garden at Hedon. 
In August of the same year the plants in the mud were 
still alive, but their new leaves were no bigger than before. 
Only one plant survived in the garden : its new leaves were 
not glaucous, and were slightly larger and thinner. One 
leaf was 7-8 cm. long, and the average of four leaves was 
6-8 cm. The thickness of these leaves was 205-250 /*. Wishing 
to have Statice growing in an inland locality, I visited the 
gardens of a nurseryman who advertised Statice Limonium 
for sale, but found that none of his stock was this species. 
At the beginning of 1905 I left England. In August, 1911, 
I was able to re-visit some of these localities. Locality * A ’ 
was in the same condition as in 1904, but the Statice leaves 
were smaller. I was unable to find any trace of the plants 
transplanted to the mud. The Humber ‘ house boats/ evicted 
from the Mar fleet creek by dock extensions, had taken refuge 
in Hedon Haven, and the sites of the transplanted Statice 
were buried beneath cinder paths across the mud, and the 
usual debris of discarded marine stores. In locality * B/ how- 
ever, Statice still flourished. At that point a further change 
had occurred, with the result that the bank sloped gradually 
* The thickness was measured at the broadest part of the leaf, mid- 
way between the midrib and the margin. 
1&22 Mar. 1 
