Tas. 5153. 
STATICE Boureret. 
Bourgeau's Statice. 
Nat. Ord. PLUMBAGINE#.—PENTANDRIA PEN TAGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 3776.) 
Statice (Pteroclados) Bourgiai ; basi suffrutescens, foliis amplis petiolatis 
stellato-puberulis oblongis basi attenuata subsinuatis vel seepe lyratis, lobo 
terminali ovato obtuso mucronato basi sepe sublobato lateralibus 1-3 auri- 
culeeformibus rotundatis parvis irregularibus sepe cum terminali confluenti- 
bus, scapo compresso adpressiuscule piloso superne corymboso-paniculato, 
ramis ancipitibus vel angustissime alatis, ramulis angulatis, spiculis 1-2- 
floris ad ramulorum extremitatem 9--3-fasciculatis, bracteis inferioribus 
rubello-membranaceis puberulis oblongis nervo dorsali excurrente longe 
mucronato-aristatis, interiori subcoriacea rubella duplo longiori puberula 
ciliata apice truncata nervo carinali excurrente seepe mucronulata, calycis 
tubo glabro, limbo eroso truncato nervis excurrentibus 5-aristato. Boiss. 
Statice Bourgiwi. Webb in Bourgeau Plantes 
in De Cand. Prodr. v. 12. p. 638. 
Can. Exsicc. n. 564. Boissier 
This is one of many specimens of rare and curious species of 
plants with which the excellent Bourgeau, prince of botanical 
collectors, has enriched the herbaria of scientific botanists. It 
was found by him on his last voyage to that interesting group 
of islands at Lancerotte. Seeds which we likewise received 
from him have been raised, and our figure is taken from one 
of the plants so reared, in a cool greenhouse, in August, 1859... 
M. Boissier places it next to 8. puberula, Webb (see Bot. Mag. 
Tab. 3701): the leaves indeed appear to be very distinct, but 
they are described as being very variable ; the branches are 
more winged: but I do not find the difference the size of the 
flowers mentioned by Boissier. 
Of the genus Sfafice as now cut down in the Prodromus of 
De Candolle (excluding Acantholimon, Boiss., A2 species, Gonio- 
limon, Boiss., 7 species, Armeria, Willd., 52 species, and some 
minor genera, all formerly incorporated in Statice), there are now 
It is true, however, the 
110 species enumerated by Boissier. 
DECEMBER Ist, 1859. 
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