StaticciB.] XCVIII. PLUMBAGINE^. 625' 



petiolo basi amplexicanli. Panicula terminalisj dichdtoma, Florcs secus ramos (an 

 somi^er ?) intra bracteam subtendeiitcm sulitarii, pcdiccUu ryido bracteis involveutibua 

 2 fequilongo. Corolla alba. 



Species 1 in maritimis Australife et Asise tropica vigens. SoUs. in DC. Prod, xii, 021, Bcnih 

 FL AitstraL iv- 2G6. Gmidich. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. t. 51. 



2. Acantbolimon, Boiss. Dmgn. PL Or. vii, 09^ et in DC. Prod, xii- 622. (Anneriafi- 

 trunij suhgenuSy Jauh. et Sjjcich, HI. PI. Or. i. 161, t. 89 ad 05.) — Calyx infinidibularis, 

 tubo tenui basi 10-costato costis superne per paria coalitiSj limbo scaiioso plicato per 

 anthesin patente, costis 5 in dentes breves excurrentibiis, v- breviter 54obato. Petala 

 ima basi cum staminibus in annulum connatav. a basi libera, laminis oblongis v. obovatis- 

 Staminuni filamenta iiliformia v- complanata, petalis basi breviter adnata ; anthcras 

 oblongjc, Styli ad angiilos ovarii distinct! , stigmatibus terminalibiis capitatis v. oblique 

 oblongis. Utriculua calyce inclusus, membranaceus, 5-gonus v. oblongus, indeliisceua v. 

 ad angulos fissilis. Semen plus minus albuminosum. — Suffrutices erinucei, basi i>ulvi- 

 nato-ramosissimi- Folia conferta^ rigida, lineari-subtriquetra, saqnsKimu acorosa v, 

 spinescentia, rarius abbrcviata obtusa et imbricata. Scapiv, pedunculi simplicos v. parnni 

 ramosi, rarius elongati dichotomi, Floresnunc intra bracteam bracteolasque involventea 

 rigidulas margine scario::>aa sulitarii, nunc in sjiiculis 4^o-bracteatis per 2'-5 confcrti, singuli 

 pcdiccllo brevi crasso sjepius brevissimo fulti. Corolla rosea v, alba. 



Species apiid Buuge 84, nonmdla} tamon ad varietates reducenda?, omnes ox^entidcs a Grtecia 

 orientali et Syria usque ad Tibet occidentalem cxteu^a?, maxima copia Pureise indigt;n:i, Biingcy 

 Moiwgr. in Mem. Acad, Petersb. ser. 7, xviii. Sibth.Fl. Gr. t 300 {Siatice), Stschcgl in Bull. Soc. 

 Imp, Nat. Mosc. 1851, ii. t 13. Tehihatch. Fl. As. Min. t. 3G, 37- 



Genus vix a Statice nisi foliis acerosiw di^tiiictuiHj qui charitctor tix couytans, 



3. StaticBp Linn. Gen. n, 388, pro parte; Willd. Emcm. HoH. Bcrol. 335. (Taxan- 

 ^licma. Neck. Elem. i. 115 ; -R. Br. Prod, 426,) — Calyx siepissime infundibularis, tubo basi 

 ssepius reqnaliter 10-costato costis sui"»enie per paria coalitis, rarius undique requaliter 

 10-costato V. a basi 5-costato ; limbus scariosus, plicatus, per anthesin patens, costis 5 in 

 dentes v. aristas excurrentibus, raiius alte 5-lobus v, fere obsoletus v, ad aristas 

 lohge plumosas v. mucroncs 5 recnrvos reductus. Petala ima basi cum staminibus 

 in annulum connata v. a basi libera, unguibus rarius in tubum connatis, laminis 

 oblongis obqvatis obcordatis v- 2-fidis- Stamina basi tantum rarius ad medium i)ctali3 

 adnata. Styli ad angulos ovarii distincti (v. rarius in vertice ovarii brevissinic subconnati ?), 

 stigmatibus oblongis capitatis v. minimis tenninati v. supeme longitrorsum papillis 

 minutia stigmatosi. Utriculus calyce inclusus, oblongus fusiformi^v. lineariSj membranaceus 

 Indehiacens v, vertice plus minus indurates cum stylis operculatim deciduo duliiscuns, v- 

 ad angulos fissilis v. basi varie ruptilis. Semen loculum implcns, albumine nunc parco 

 nunc ad unum v, utrumque latus embryonis sat copioso, — Herbte peremies x. rarius 

 anmi^ snbacaules v, basi breviter ramoaa^ et sufirutescentes v. suflrutices fruticulive laxius 

 ramosi, glabri pulveracei v- lepidoti. Folia in speciebus subacaulibus radicalia rosuTata, 

 in ca^spitoso-suflfruticosis conferta, in fmticulosis secus ramos subdissita, altema, plana, 

 nunc integerrima linearia spathulata oblonga v. obovata, nunc sinuata pimiatiiida v. dis- 

 secta. Pedunculi v. scapi aphylli, srepius ramosi, cymosi corymbosi v, paniculati, tcretes 

 V. longitrorsum alis herbaccis marginati, interdum ramulrs minimis stenlibiis ramoslssimis 

 instmcti, Bractere spiculas subtendentes breves, squamifonnes, amplexicaules, dorso. 

 stepius coriacefe, margine membranaceoB, Flores inter bracteas involventes (v. bracteolas) 

 1-2 solitarii ^, saipius in si)iculas pancifloras co-bracteatas conferti, spiculis secus ramos 

 pedimculi v. scapi varie dispositis, sa^pius scssilibus erectis secundis v, dense spicatia^ 

 Calyx pedicello brevissimo crasso oblique v, aequaliter impositus, tubo bracteam invulven- 

 tem rare superante, limbo scepe colorato, colore tamen ab illo corolhe diverse. 



Species descriptie ultra 120, plurcs tiuien nostro sensu reducondfo, Httorum maris et descrtonim 

 salsorum incol», pleroque gerontogese hemisphserii borealis, paucce per littora America? borealis et 



