62 Rhodora [March 



adscendenti-patentibus laxifloris rectis vel paullum recurvis, spiculis 

 1-2-floris. Bractea extima suborbiculari-ovata vel ovalis valde 

 mucronata hyalino-marginata 2.5-3.5 mm. longa; mediae oblongo- 

 ovatae obtusae hyalinae; intima oblongo-ovalis obtusa vel rotundata 

 irregulariter erosa late hyalino-marginata 4-5.5 mm. longa. Calyx 

 cylindrico-obconicua eostis 5 e basi ad mediam partem et supra valde 

 pilosis (5.3) 0-7.5 mm. longus, limbo albido pallide lavendulaceo- 

 tincto, lobis ovato-laneeolatis acuminatis 1.5-1.7 mm. longis, dentibus 

 intermediis triangularibus saepius bifidis ad 0.3 mm. longis. Petala 

 lavendulacea. 



Erect perennial, several-scaped, 2-0 dm. high and more. Leaves 

 obovate or obovate-spatulate, acute to obtuse, strongly cuspidate, 

 cuneately narrowed into the petiole, glabrous, penninerved, the blade 

 4-12.5 cm. long, 1.2-4.8 cm. wide, on petioles 3-15 cm. long. Scape 

 fistulose, panieulately branched from the middle; panicle more or less 

 pyramidal, 1-3 dm. broad, the branches ascending-spreading, loosely 

 flowered, straight or slightly recurved; spikelets 1-2-flowered. Outer- 

 most bractlet suborbieular-ovate to oval, strongly mucronate, hyaline- 

 margined, 2.5-3.5 mm. long; inner oblong-ovate, obtuse, hyaline; 

 innermost oblong-oval, obtuse or rounded, irregularly erose, broadly 

 hyaline-margined, 4-5.5 mm. long. Calyx cylindrir-obconic, the five 

 ribs strongly pilose to above the middle, (5.3) 0-7.5 mm. long, the 

 limb palely lavender-tinged; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 1.5- 

 1.7 mm. long; intermediate teeth triangular, usually bifid, about 

 0.3 mm. long. Petals lavender. Plate 119, fig. E. 



Statice Limonium Bigelow, Fl. Boat.ed. 1. 75 (lS14),and other early 

 Ainer. auth., not L. 



Statice cawliniana Pursh, Fl. i. 212 (1814), not Walt.; Bigelow, 

 Am. Med. Bot. ii. 51. t. 25 (1818), and auth., not Walt.; Boiss! 

 in A. DC. Prod. xii. (>43 (1848), as to descr., and specim. in part, not 

 Walt. 



Statice Limonium L. var. cawlinianum (Walt.) Grayl Man. ed. 2. 

 270 (185(i) and auth., excl. name-bringing syn. 



Limonium cawlinianum (Walt.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club v. 255 

 (1894), and later auth., not Statice cawliniana Walt.; Britton & 

 Brown, 111. Fl. ed. 2. ii. 718 (1913), not Statice cawliniana Walt., and 

 excl. Bermudan range. 



Newfoundland to New Jersey, and probably further southward. 

 Among the numerous specimens examined, the following may be cited: 



Newfoundland: Miss Brenton (hb. Kew., fragment in Gray Herb.). 



Labrador: southern part, Storer ("passing to bahusiensis," Gray 

 in sched.). 



New Brunswick: brackish sands, Neguac Island, 10 Sept. 1913, 

 Blake 5000; brackish marsh along Black River, Loggieville, 5 Sept. 

 1913, Blake 5024 (type in Gray Herb.). 



Prince Edwards Island: Bunbury, 28 Aug. 1912, Fernald, Long & 

 St. John 7931; Mt. Stewart, 30 July 1912, Fernald, Bartram, Long & 

 St. John 7930. 



