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Statice macrophylla. Large-leaved 

 Statice; or Thrift 



Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Pentagynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Plumbagine^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Flores spicato-paniculati. Calyx I-phyllus, plicatus, 

 subscanosus. Petala 5, subconnata. Stamina basi petalo- 

 rum inserta. Utriculus monospermus, calyce inclusus. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Statice macrophylla; caule fruticoso superne folioso, foliis 

 amplis obovato-spathulatis obtusis mucronatis subses- 

 silibus, panicula composita terminali, ramis paniculae 

 alte alatis, pedicellis anguste alatis cuneatis, calycis 

 limbo crenato-dentato purpureo, corolla alba. 



Statice macrophylla. " Link" (Steudel), Willd. (Spreng.) 

 Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. I. p. 959. 



This splendid plant, far superior to the Statice arborea, 

 or Tree Thrift, of the Canaries in the beauty of its flowers, 

 was introduced, we understand, from those islands by Mr. 

 Smith of the Botanic Garden of Hull ; and it is now much 

 dispersed among the gardens of this country, where, grown 

 in a large pot, and kept in the greenhouse, it bears its 

 large panicles of purple and white flowers during the 

 month of April. Mr. Forrest, of the Kensington Nursery, 

 exhibited a fine specimen at Chiswick in that month of the 

 present year. Our figure was taken from the Kew plant. 

 Sprengel gives it as a species of Link : Sprengel as of 

 Willdenow ; I do not find any character, save that of 

 Sprengel above quoted. It has no place in Roemer and 



ScHULTES. 



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