C 1617 ] 



Statice spathulata. Spatula-leaved 

 Sea-Lavender. 



C/#/S tf»i Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic CharaBer. 



Cat. l-phyllus, integer, plicatus, fcariofus. Petala 5. Sem. 1, 

 fuperum. 



Specific Cbaracler and Synonyms. 



STATICE fpathulata ; foliis radicalibus fpathulatis obtufis 

 glaucis integerrimis longe petiolatis, fcapo tereti, floribus 

 lacemofis fecundis. Desfont. Atl. 1. p. 275. Perfoon Syn. 1. 



P- 333- 



Statice cordata, auricul<efolia, ok<efolia, and fpathulata, feem 

 to be very nearly related, and perhaps are fometimes miftaken 

 for one another. The firft, however, is eafily diltinguifhed by 

 its leaves being always obcordate or emarginate at the point; 

 the fecond comes very near to our plant ; but the leaves are 

 defcribed as acute and terminated with a fharp mucro and an 

 unbranched fcape ; the third, according to Willdenow, has 

 winged branches. 



In fpathulata, the leaves are glaucous, without veins, obfoletely 

 three-nerved towards the bafe only, quite obtufe without any 

 mucro, except a very minute one, hardly vifible to the eye but 

 fenfible to the touch, on the under furface a fmall diftance from 

 the end of the leaf; the fcape and branches are perfectly 

 round; the fpikes of flowers in two rows; the calyx white 

 with red ftreaks ; the petals obcordate, of a lively red, and 

 larger than the calyx. 



Communicated the latter-end of Auguft 1811, by Mr. W. 

 Pringle, Nurferyman at Sydenham, to whom we are in- 

 debted for the communication of fevcral other curious and rare 

 plants. Native of Barbary. Hardy. 



