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STATICE ARBOREA. GIGANTIC CANARY 
THRIFT. 
KEKE KEE EEK KEKE EEK 
Class and Order. 
PenTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
( Nat. Ord.— PLumBaeineEg. ) 
Generic Character. 
Flores spicato-paniculati. Calyx 1-phyllus, plicatus, 
subscariosus. Petala 5, subconnata. Stamina basi peta- 
- lorum inserta. Utriculus 1-spermus, calyce inclusus. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Sratice arborea; caule arborescente, foliis ovatis obtusis 
mucronatis basi angustatis, panicula composita termi- 
nali, ramis panicule alato-ancipitibus. R. e¢ S,- 
Sratice arborea. Willd. Enum. 1. p. 337. Roem. et Sch. 
v. 6. p. 797. Lindl. Bot. Reg. N. Ser. t. 6. 
This very handsome and showy plant flowered in the 
noble Conservatory of His Grace the Duke of Beprorp, at 
Woburn, in May 1839, where the accompanying figure 
was made. It is exclusively an inhabitant, according to 
P. B. Wess, Esq., of a few rocks of Burgado on the coast 
of Teneriffe, and has been, by that gentleman, introduced 
to our gardens. Professor Linpiey informs us, that there 
was “ a specimen of this species exhibited at the London 
Horticultural Society, from the Nursery of Messrs. Luc- 
come, Prvce, and Co., six feet high, and covered with large 
clusters of flowers; for which a gold medal, an unusual 
mark of distinction, was awarded.” It is too tender to 
bear constant exposure to the open air in this country. 
Descr. Stem truly woody, four to six feet high, and two 
to three inches in diameter, bearing above.a crown of large 
oblong- 
