Tas. 5162. 
STATICE BRASSICAFOLIA. 
Cabbage-leaved Statice. 
Nat. Ord. PLUMBAGINE%.—PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 3776.) 
Sratice (Pteroclados) Jrassicafolia ; basi suffrutescente, foliis parce et brevis- 
sime velutinis margine ciliatulis petiolatis lyratis lobo terminali maximo 
ovato-rotundo sepe irregulariter lobato obtusissimo cuspidato basi subcor- 
dato lateralibus 2—4-auriculeformibus parvis rotundatis alternis basi spe 
confluentibus, seapo angulato superne paniculato-corymboso, ramis bialatis © 
alis latissimis grosse undulato-lobatis subdichotomis in auriculas amplas 
abeuntibus, spiculis bifloris 2-3 ad ramulorum apicem fasciculatis, ramuli 
floralis alis tribus a basi sursum dilatatis glabris in auriculas breves faleatas 
acutiusculas cujus altera sape obsolete abeuntibus, bracteis duabus inferi- 
oribus rufo-membranaceis ovatis acutis puberulis, interiore triplo majore 
rubello-coriacea dorso coriacea elevatim plurinervi glabra apice angustis- 
sime albo-membranacea ciliatula, calycis tubo glabro limbo obtusissime 
5-denticulato-sinuato. Boiss. 
SraTice brassicefolia. Webb in. Bourg. Plant. Canar. Exsicc. n. 136. Phyt. 
Canar. v. 3. p.181. t. 195. Boiss. in De Cand. Prodr. v. 12. p. 637. 
Se 
A very pretty new Statice, recently detected by M. Bourgeau 
in the Canaries, but only in the island of Gomora, and at a spot — 
called El Risco de las Sulas, Lugar de Agulo, flowering in great 
perfection early in April: with us, even in a cool greenhouse, 
blossoming early in August. It evidently belongs to the same 
group of the extensive genus Statice with the well-known S. — 
arborea of Willdenow, and of Bot. Mag. t. 3776; but very dif- 
ferent, and of a more humble character in point of size. In 
this group of the genus, Teneriffe and the adjacent islands are 
extremely rich. 
Dzscr. The root or rhizome is stout and woody, and some- 
times rises above the surface of the ground, but never to the ex-. 
tent of becoming a subarborescent stem, as is the case in S. ar- 
horea. Leaves all radical, roughly hairy, with small sete, va- 
rying much in size, from six inches to a span and more long, 
FEBRUARY IsT, 1860. 
