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ARMERIA fasciculata 
Fascicled Thrift. 
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. PuuMBAGINACE. 
ARMERIA. Capitulum involucratum, vagina revers4, receptaculo pa- 
leaceo. Calyx infundibuliformis, limbo quinque dentatus, quinque plicatus, 
margine scariosus. Corolla hypogyna, pentapetala; petalorum unguibus basi 
villis coheerentibus. Stamina 5, imis petalorum unguibus inserta. Ovarium 
uniloculare. Ovu/wm unicum, e placenta filiformi libera pendulum, anatropum. 
Styli terminales, 5, distincti, apice intus stigmatosi. U¢riculus membranaceus, 
monospermus, calyce inclusus, demum a basi multifida solutus, calyptreeformis. 
Semen inversum. Embryo inter albumen farinaceum parcum orthotropus ; 
radicula supera. Herbze perennes, acaules (rard frutices), in Europa medid 
et australi provenientes ; foliis radicalibus congestis linearibus v. lanceolatis, 
nervosis ; pedunculis scapiformibus monocephalis. Endlicher genera plantarum, 
no. 2171. 
A. fasciculata ; caule fruticoso ramoso, foliis linearibus canaliculatis acutis 
glabris, involucri foliolis obtusis, pedunculo foliis pluriés longiore. 
Statice pinifolia. Brot. fl. lus. 1. 486. 
Statice fasciculata. Vent. Hort. Cels. 38. Walld. enum. hort. Berol. 1. 334. 
DeCand. Fl. Fr. 3. 420. 
Armeria fasciculata. Rémer § Schultes, sp. pl. 6.773. Webb it. hispan. 
p- 18. 
This fine species is cultivated in some of the gardens near 
London, under the false name of A. scabra. It forms a pretty 
bush, looking like a young pine tree, and produces its head of 
pink flowers in the month of August. During summer it 
grows very well in the open air; but in winter it must be 
treated like a Cape plant. 
A shrubby Thrift appears at first sight a great anomaly ; 
but if we examine the common species with a little attention, 
we shall find it as much shrubby as the species now before us ; 
only the branches of its stem are so very short as to be com- 
pletely hidden by the leaves that overshadow them. 
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