900 PRIMULACEAE 
usually scant. [Statice Willd.] The plants flower mainly in the spring and summer. SEA 
LAVENDER. MARsH ROSEMARY. CANKERROOT. 
Calyx-tube glabrous. 
Leaf-blades linear. 1. L. angustatum. 
Leaf-blades oblong or spatulate. 
Braets oval, obtuse: calyx-lobes round-ovate: species of the southeastern 
states. 2. L. Brasiliense, 
Bracts suborbicular, abruptly pointed: calyx-lobes triangular, mucronate: 
species of the southwestern states. 3. L. Californicum. 
Calyx-tube pubescent. 
Branches spreading, the tips recurved : bracts oval: calyx-tube sparingly pubes- 
cent at the base. 4. L. Nashii. 
Branches ascending, the tips curved upward: bracts mainly suborbicular: 
calyx-tube bristly-pubescent. 
Limb of calyx erect: species of the southeastern states. 5. L. Carolinianum. 
Limb of calyx spreading: species of the southwestern states. 6. L. hmbatum. 
1. Limonium angustatum (A. Gray) Small. Leaves basal, few ; blades linear, 4-7 
cm. long, cuspidate, 1-nerved, narrowed into petioles which are somewhat shorter than the 
blades and with dilated bases: scapes erect, about 3 dm. tall, with several scale-like clasp- 
ing bracts sparingly branched above: bracts subtending the flowers broadly oblong, 4 
mm. long, acute: calyx about 5 mm. long; tube glabrous ; lobes 5, ovate, the connecting 
membranes eroded. 
In salt marshes, Pine Key, Florida. 
2. Limonium Brasiliénse (Boiss.) Small. Leaves basal; blades oblong, 6-12 cm. 
long, rounded or retuse at the apex, usually cuspidate or mucronate, gradually narrowed 
at the base ; petioles about equalling the blades in length or surpassing them: scapes erect, 
bearing a few scales, branched above, the slender elongated branches spreading : bracts 
subtending the flowers broadly oval, 3 mm. long, eroded at the rounded apex: calyx ¢ 
mm. long; tube glabrous; lobes round-ovate, about 5 mm. long, obtusish : corolla white. 
In salt marshes or on beaches, North Carolina to Florida. Also in South America. 
3. Limonium Califórnicum (Boiss) Heller. Resembling L. Brasiliense in habit, 
but stouter. Bracts suborbicular, abruptly pointed : calyx-lobes triangular, mucronate. 
In saline places, California, extending eastward along the southern border of the United States, 
probably to within our range. 
4. Limonium Náshii Small. Leaves basal; blades oblong or elliptic, sometimes 
varying to narrowly obovate, 4-10 cm. long, rounded or notched at the apex, occasionally 
mucronate, narrowed into petioles which are shorter than the blades or longer: scapes 
erect, 3-7 dm. tall, furnished with a few scales, widely branching above, the tips of the 
spreading branches recurved : bracts subtending the flowers oval, about 4 mm. long, obtuse : 
calyx 6-7 mm long; tube 4 mm. long, sparingly pubescent with soft hairs at the base 
only ; lobes 5, triangular, slightly acuminate, more than 1 mm. long: corolla deep blue. 
In salt marshes, Georgia to Florida and Mississippi. 
5. Limonium Caroliniànum (Walt.) Britton. Leaves basal; blades elliptic or 
oblanceolate, 4-12 cm. long, cuspidate, narrowed at the base; petioles shorter than the 
blades or usually longer: scapes erect, 2-6 dm. tall, bearing a few scales below, much 
branched, the tips of the branches usually erect or curved upward : bracts subtending the 
flowers suborbicular, about 4 mm. long, eroded at the apex: calyx 5-6 mm. long; tube 
bristly to above the middle with ascending or spreading hairs; lobes 5, ovate, about 
mm. long, acute: corolla 4-5 mm. broad, pale purple. 
In salt meadows, Labrador to Florida. 
6. Limonium limbàtum Small. Leaves basal; blades leathery, spatulate or m 
spatulate, 0.5—1.5 dm. long, obtuse or notched at the apex, prominently nerved beneath in 
drying ; petioles shorter than the blades or rarely longer, margined : scapes erect, bores 
or several together, corymbosely branched, the branches zigzag, ascending : spikes 1n du 
terminal corymbs : bracts suborbicular or sometimes orbicular-oval, obtuse, often ELS , 
the apex, hyaline-margined : calyx trumpet-shaped with a flaring limb, nearly 4 mm. OnB: 
tube hirsute ; lobes broadly deltoid, apiculate : corolla bright blue. 
In alkaline soìl, Texas and New Mexico. 
FAMILY 2. PRIMULACEAE Vent. PRIMROSE FAMILY. 
Caulescent or scapose herbs, various in habit. Leaves alternate or IS 
or whorled, sometimes all basal, without stipules : blades commonly EEN f 
Inflorescence variously disposed. Flowers perfect, usually regular. Ca ir n 
4-9 partially united sepals, commonly persistent. Corolla hypogynous, 9 es 
gamopetalous, with 4-9 manifest lobes, or rarely wanting. Androecium 0 
