Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . ly be distinguished by the sharptips to the scales of the involucre, and by the prominent spinose tipsto the chaff, on the disk. Lefroy did not distinguish the two species, but both are figured byHemsley in Voy. Challenger, Bot., i, pi. ii, iii. Sea-side Golden-rod. [Solldago sempervirens L.) This fine golden-rod, which is the same as the comnion one of theNew England coast, is very common about high-water mark, and alittle beyond it. It is not injured by the partial daily immersion ofits roots in sea-water, nor by salt spray. Foun
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . ly be distinguished by the sharptips to the scales of the involucre, and by the prominent spinose tipsto the chaff, on the disk. Lefroy did not distinguish the two species, but both are figured byHemsley in Voy. Challenger, Bot., i, pi. ii, iii. Sea-side Golden-rod. [Solldago sempervirens L.) This fine golden-rod, which is the same as the comnion one of theNew England coast, is very common about high-water mark, and alittle beyond it. It is not injured by the partial daily immersion ofits roots in sea-water, nor by salt spray. Found also in the Azores. Dog-bush ; Groundsel Tree. [Baccharis glomeruliflora ^.heterophylla in Lefroys list.) This composite shrub is abundant and apparently native in Pem-broke Marsh and probably elsewhere. It is found on the saltmarshes of the American coast, as far north as North white, appearing at Bermuda in December (Lefroy). Theripe seeds have a long downy pappus. Black Berry. [SccBvola lobelia L.) Figure 37. Plates LXXV ; Figure 37.—Black Berry Shrub {Sccevola lobelia), on the Sand-Dunes. This native shrub is one of the most important plants for bindingthe drifting sands on the sand-dunes close to the sea, as at Tuckers 584 A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. Town, where few other plants will grow. Its stems are straggling,crooked, and more or less procumbent, and its thick, leather}^, smooth,obovate leaves, which grow m close terminal tufts, seem to be proofagainst the injurious effects of salt spray. It bears rather curious white flowers, looking as if slit open on oneside. The berries are as large as a small giape, smooth, black, andhave a very disagreeable taste. The juice makes a nearly indelibleblack stain, and is said to be sometimes used for marking linen. It is also native of the tropical coasts of America, Africa, andAsia. Sea Lavender. [Statice Lefroyl Hems.)Hemsley, Voy. Challenger, Bot., i, p. 47, pi, marshes at Wals
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