. Scottish geographical magazine. oppositifolia, stellaris, , hypnoides, L. Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, roseum, ahvnefolvwm, LE. anagaUidifolium, boreale, dlpmv/m, alpina, ]».<.Mulgedium alpinum, Less. Rare. I. <erpyllifolia (humitum, Dick-son).F. fruticans, vulgaris, inaritima, digyna, Hill.£<</*.c Arbuscula, lanata, Myrsinites, Lapponum, palustris, ((/•-. atrata, L.(. flava, capillaris, ///- aZp
. Scottish geographical magazine. oppositifolia, stellaris, , hypnoides, L. Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, roseum, ahvnefolvwm, LE. anagaUidifolium, boreale, dlpmv/m, alpina, ]».<.Mulgedium alpinum, Less. Rare. I. <erpyllifolia (humitum, Dick-son).F. fruticans, vulgaris, inaritima, digyna, Hill.£<</*.c Arbuscula, lanata, Myrsinites, Lapponum, palustris, ((/•-. atrata, L.(. flava, capillaris, ///- aZptriurn, h,j,rciirus alpinus, Sm. tipina, stricta, Lonchitis, selaginoides, Gray. The Maritime Region. The irregular coast-line of Forfar and Fife is favourable to thevegetation of this region, which was only briefly referred to in the partdealing with the Edinburgh District. This vegetation, though repre-sented by a single colour because of the scale of the maps is—like the. Fig. 9.—Cliffs and Coves on the coast of Forfar between Arbroath and Auchmithie.{Reproduced by permission from photo by Messrs. J. Valentine and Sons, Ltd., Dundee.) sea-coast—by no means uniform. The sea in some parts wastes thecoast and lays bare the rocks up to high-water mark, or underminingthe rocks it may excavate the land back and form a line of cliffs. Thematerial removed in one part is deposited in another in the form of sand 66 SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE. or mud. The rocky shore, the sandy dunes, and the muddy salt marsh,each has its own vegetation. 1. Vegetation of Cliff* and Bocks.—This occurs along most of the coast ofthe south and east of Fife, and in Forfar from Arbroath to Montrose(Fig. 9). Natural associations are formed according as the plants livesubmerged or periodically submerged in sea water, or on the land abovehigh water. The marine rock-vegetation consists of algse definitelydistributed. The brown sea-weeds so typical of t
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