. Botanisk tidsskrift. Plants; Plants -- Denmark. 254 tion. Euphorbia linearis Retz. was often seen below and among the higher bushes, and further Croton flavens L., Anthacanthus spinosus Ns., Heteropteris purpurea (L.) H. B. K., Piscidia piscipula (L.) and many other species. Even if several of the just-mentioned species may also be found further landwards and thus cannot ab- solutely be considered as halophytic, they are all here stamped by the effects of the proximity to the sea. With a vigorous trade-wind the spray of the sea can reach far up the rocks, and rather far into the country wher
. Botanisk tidsskrift. Plants; Plants -- Denmark. 254 tion. Euphorbia linearis Retz. was often seen below and among the higher bushes, and further Croton flavens L., Anthacanthus spinosus Ns., Heteropteris purpurea (L.) H. B. K., Piscidia piscipula (L.) and many other species. Even if several of the just-mentioned species may also be found further landwards and thus cannot ab- solutely be considered as halophytic, they are all here stamped by the effects of the proximity to the sea. With a vigorous trade-wind the spray of the sea can reach far up the rocks, and rather far into the country where this is open. However it is especially the effect of the wind which makes itself felt, as trees and bushes are. Fig. 36. Low. tufty vegetation on the rocky, stony coast at Hams Bluff. St. Croix. (F. B. phot.) everywhere as if artificially cut, evenly sloping upwards towards the land and forming a dense roof of foliage. On almost horizontal or only slightly sloping rocks, where these are covered by a layer of earth, and where the locality is so ex- posed that a higher tree-like vegetation is wanting, a strange, low, tufty vegetation occurs almost resembling the flora of a mountain-field. Such a vegetation I have observed partly on the above-men- tioned much exposed rocky coast at Judiths Fancy, partly also at Hams Bluff, the north-eastern wind-blown promontory of St, Croix (fig. 36). The effect of the wind is most noticeable especially at Judiths Fancy. The coast here turns in a north-western direction so that the north-east trade-wind has full play, often sending the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Botaniske forening i Kbenhavn; Botaniske forening i Kbenhavn. Journal de botanique; Dansk botanisk forening. Kbenhavn : G. E. C. Gads Forlag
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