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STÁTICE* pubérula. 
Downy-leaved ‘Statice. 
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. PLUMBAGINEE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system 
of Botany, p. 195.) 
STATICE. — Calyx monophyllus, inferus, integer, plicatus, campanu- 
latus, v. infundibuliformis, limbo membranaceo apice dentato. Corolla 
plerumque 5-petala, subinde monopetala. Filamenta tubo petalisve adhe- 
rentia, Styli 5, rard 3 distincti. Capsula monosperma, evalvis, calyce 
persistente, membranacea. Semen 1, albuminosum.—Panzer in Römer. et 
Schult, syst. veg. vol. 6. p. lxix. 
S. puberula ; caule paniculato ramoso pubescente, foliis radicalibus lanceolatis 
acutis basi angustatis stellato-pubescentibus. 
S. puberula. P. B. Webb ined. - ; 
Folia radicalia, glauca, lanceolata, acuta, basi angustata, undique pilis 
stellatis tecta. Scapus et rami panicule pubescentes. Panicula pyra- 
midalis, ramosissima, coarctata, circiter pedalis, ramulis angulatis. Bracteee 
scariose, pilose. Bracteolee 3, virides, pubescentes, quarum infera squamt- 
formis oblonga obtusa, proxima paulo major, cuspidata, suprema convoluta, 
dupld major, obtusa, apice violacea, calyce brevior. Calycis limbus violaceus, 
membranaceus, dentibus obtusis, brevibus, subemarginatis, muticis. Corolla 
alba, calyce longior, laciniis cuneatis, emarginatis. 
A Greenhouse herbaceous plant, native of the Isle of 
Graciosa, one of the Canaries, where it was discovered by 
P. B. Webb, Esq., in whose Garden at Milford House, 
near Godalming, it flowered in May last. 
The specimen was obligingly communicated to us by 
Mr. William Young, Nurseryman, of the same lace, by 
whom it was raised from Mr. Webb's seeds. We under- 
stand that but one plant has been as yet obtained; so that 
A ELM E 
* Said to be derived from evaríLo, to stop ; in consequence of the medi- 
cinal astringent properties that were attributed to 1. 
