SOME SAND BINDING P'jTS OF THE FORESHORE 
from a short section of the Sc Jhina Sea Coast near Mersing 
H. M. Burk a I 
{Upper) Ischciemum muticum Linn., 
forming a carpet from high tide level 
to the top of the beach. Note surface 
runners. Other grasses invade at the 
upperlimit 
(Lower) Cyperus stoloniferus Retz 
The lowest of the beach plants, grow- 
ing below high tide level. Root run- 
ners are subsurface at about 6 inches 
depth 
Note: black lumps in foreground are 
clay pebbles 
H, M. Burk ill 
H. M. Burkill 
Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) Sweet. 
From the top of the beach sending out surface runners, 30-40 ft. long, to below high 
tide level. 
