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~. Clafs and Order. — ano? 
PentanpRia PENTAGYNIAs (6 |. nn 
| wifeged 4 Oger ai nobisd wad sce gat 
Generic Charaffer. © oq! 2 
‘Cal. s-phyllus, ‘integer, plicatus, fcariofus. Pet. be lak ae 
fuperum, 7 = 
— Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. 
STATICE /peciofa; {capo dichtomo ancipiti, foliis ovatis 
mucronatis, floribus aggregatis, Sy/ Veg. Spec. 
_Pl 905, Hort. Kew. 1. fob 
STATICE {capo ramofo tereti,.ramis ancipitibus alatis, flo- 
_ ribus imbricatis, foliis obovato-cufpidatis mucro- 
natis, margine Cartilagineis. Wild. Sp. Pl. 1. 
Pe 1527. . : es 
_ LIMONIUM foliis lanceolatis mucronatis radicalibus, caule 
ancipiti dichotomo, ftipulis fimplicibus, Hort. Up. 
: 71. Gmel, Siberic. 3. p. 221. 291. fit. 
LIMONIUM elatius plantaginis foliis -procumbentibus in 
ae aculeum terminatis, floribus albis in capitula con- 
geftis. Amm. Ruth, 2. 129. 
Leaves all radical, fpread on the ground, obovate, termi- 
nated with a ftiffifh mucro, veined and purple-coloured under- 
neath. Scape or ftalk not round as defcribed by WittpzNow 
from a dried fpecimen, but triangular with one of the angles 
rounded off, which makes it nearly half-round: the upper 
part and alternate but not dichotomous branches are alfo. 
three-cornered, with the angles winged and much crifped,— 
fo that neither ¢eres nor anceps are appropriate terms. Brafles 
\ 
_{cariofe, ovate-acuminate, ftem-embracing, one at each divi- 
fion; and fimilar ones, but green with a membranous margin, — : 
