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STATICE macrophylla. 
Large-leaved Sea Lavender. 
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. PLuUMBAGINACEX (or LrApwonrs). 
STATICE. Bot. Reg. fol. 1450. 
S. macrophylla ; caule fruticoso supernè folioso, foliis amplis obovato-spathu- 
latis obtusis mucronatis sessilibus, paniculà composità terminali, ramis 
paniculæ altè alatis, pedicellis anguste alatis cuneatis, calycis limbo 
crenato-dentato purpureo, corollà alba. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 4125. 
S. macrophylla, Spreng. syst. veg. 1. 959. 
At Plate 6 of the volume of this work for 1839, will be 
found a full account of Statice arborea; and to that place 
the reader is referred for information as to the natural habits 
of this species also, which is said to come from the Canaries, 
and, having the same manner of growth and much the same 
appearance, has possibly been mistaken for it in those islands. 
The principal differences between the two consist in these 
things. In S. macrophylla the leaves are stalkless and 
somewhat spathulate; in S. arborea they have long distinct 
stalks, and are much broader. In S. macrophylla the 
flowers are of a rich violet and mp arranged ; while in 
S. arborea, they are much smaller, paler, and more loosely 
disposed. 
The accompanying drawing was made from a plant in the 
nursery of Mr. Forrest of Kensington, in May, 1844. The 
foliage measured two feet and a half across, and the appear- 
ance of the specimen was truly beautiful. It was however 
found necessary to keep it in the shade, for its white petals 
wither and lose their freshness beneath the sunshine. 
It is a greenhouse shrub, growing three or four feet high, 
and requiring the same kind of treatment as Statice arborea. 
February, 1845. D 
