C 1629 ] 



Statice conspicua. Shewy Sea- 

 Lavender. 



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Clafs and Order. 

 Pentandria Pentagynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. l-phyllus, integer, plicatus, fcariofus. Petala 5. San. 1. 

 fuperum. 



Specific Charatler. 



STATICE confpicua ; fcapo fubfoliofo, ramis triquetris alatis, 

 floribus aggregatis interrupts fpicatis, bra&eis acuminatis 

 calyce longioribus. 



This fpecies has a very near affinity with Statice fpeciofa 

 (No. 656), and we obferve the fame plant in Mr. Lambert's 

 Herbarium, under that name, with Pallas's own fignature. 

 But upon a careful comparifon of this fpecimen, which appears 

 to have been fent by Pallas to ProfefTor Murray, with 

 others of fpeciofa, and even with the one preferved in his own 

 herbarium, now in Mr. Lambert's poffeffion, we cannot help 

 confidering them as diftinct. The leaves, which however vary 

 much in fize, are not only fmaller but much more acute, and 

 terminate gradually in a fharp mucro j the/cape is always much 

 Ws branched ; the ftipuU longer, more pointed, and leafy, not 

 fcariofe as m fpeciofa, where they grow at the divifions of the 

 branches only, and were on that account termed braftes in 

 our defcription; the branches are winged, but the wings are 

 narrower and not curled. But perhaps the mod important dif- 

 ference is, that the bratJes have a much broader membranaceous 

 border, and are elongated to an awl-fhaped point, extending 

 beyond the calyx. The flowers grow in diftincl clutters, making 

 an interrupted fpike. 



Raifed by Mr. Lod dices, about ten years fince, from 

 Siberian feeds : but to whom we are indebted for the communi- 

 cation of the plant from which our drawing was made, having 

 loft our memoranda, we cannot now afecrtain. Flowers in May 

 and June. Both this and fpeciofa, although fufficiently hardy with 

 refpect to cold, are preferved with the greatelt difficulty ; and 

 are perhaps not at prefent to be met with m this country. 



