PLUMBAGINE A. 287 
1. STATICE. 
Statice, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 388, pro parte; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 625. 
Herbs and undershrubs. Upwards of 120 species have been described, chiefly from 
the sea-coasts and salt-deserts of the Old World in the northern hemisphere; a few 
maritime species occur in North and South America, South Africa, Australia, and 
Tropical Asia; but we have seen no specimens collected in Mexico or Central America. 
1. Statice limonium, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 394; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xii. p. 644; 
A. Gr. Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 54, varietates. 
~ Laprapor to Texas and in Catirornia.—Mexico?, near the mouth of the Rio Grande 
(Schott, Bigelow).—Evrore and Norru AFRica. 
9. Statice brasiliensis, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xii. p. 644; A. Gr. Synop. FL. N. 
Am. ii. p. 54. 
Coast of Norrn Carotina to FLoripa.—Mexico? (ex A. Gray).—Brazil to Patagonia. 
[Armeria vulgaris, a very widely dispersed member of this order in Europe, Asia, and 
North America, recurring in South America, may occur in Mexico.] 
2. PLUMBAGO. 
Plumbago, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 213; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 627. 
About ten species, widely dispersed in warm countries. Some of them are climbing 
or rambling shrubs. 
1. Plumbago pulchella, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xii. p. 692. 
Plumbago rhomSoidea, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1536, non Hook. 
Norra Mexico, Zacatecas (Hartweg); SourH Mexico, around the city of Mexico 
(Berlandier), Oaxaca (Galeotti, 1760). Hb. Kew. 
2. Plumbago scandens, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 215; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xii. p. 692; 
A. Gr. Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 55; Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. Ixxx. t. 46. 
Plumbago mexicana, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 221. 
Froripa, “perhaps introduced from W. Indies,” A. Gray.—Norta Mzxico, region of 
San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 240); Soura Mexico, near the 
city of Mexico, 6000 to 7000 feet (Humboldt & Bonpland), Guanajuato (Hartweg), 
Orizaba (Botteri, 810), Zimapan, 6500 feet (Galeotti, 1757); Nicaragua, near Granada 
(Lévy, 56); Panama (Seemann, 618).—West Inpiss to Brazin and Cam. Hb. Kew. 
Order LXXXI. PRIMULACE. 
Primulacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 11. p. 628. 
An order of herbaceous or half-shrubby plants, numbering about 250 species referred. 
to twenty-one genera. It is represented in nearly all parts of the world, though very 
