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AllMKRIA CEPHALOTES. L.ARGE-IIEA DEI) 



Thrift. 



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Class and Order. 



Pentandria Pentagynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Plumbagine^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Involucrum tiibulosum scariosum reflex urn, saspius in 

 lacunas plures apice fissum. Calyx communis polyphyllus., 

 foliolis ovatis lanceolatisve ellipticis muticis vel cuspidatis ; 

 proprius monophyllus, integer, plicatus, scariosus. Corolla 

 infundibuliformis. Petala basi coalita, inferne angustata. 

 Filamcnta basi connata. Capsula oblonga, membranacea,, 

 cvalvis, 5-cuspidata., calyce tecta. Semen I, oblongum, 

 fuuiculolongo pendulum. Receptaculump&leaceum. Roem. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Armeria cephalotes ; scapo tereti glabro., bracteis lato- 



ovalis mucronato-acutis, calycis dentibus longe mu- 



cronato-aristatis., foliis Iato-spathulatis tri- quinque- 



nerviis. 

 Armeria latifolia. Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 1. p. 334. 



Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. 6. p. 774. Spreng. Syst. 



Veget. \.p. 961. 

 Armeria cephalotes. Link. 

 Statice cephalotes. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. p. 383. ed. 2. 



v. 2. p. 180. mild. Sp. PL 1. p. 1523. 

 Armeria latifolia. Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 1. p. 334. 

 Statice Armeria, major. Jacq. Hort. Vindob. p. 16. t, 42. 

 Statice pseudo- Armeria. Murr. Syst. p. 300. Brot. Fl. 



Lus. p. 488. Desf. FL All. l.p. 275. 



This fine and most desirable plant has lately been 

 brought into notice as something altogether new to our 



gardens. 



