420 PLUMBAGINE® (Wright). [ Statice. 
1. 8. purpurata (Linn. Mant. 59); stem woody, terete, clothed 
with the persistent leaf-bases; leaves obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 
mucronate, smooth, coriaceous, obscurely 3-nerved, 1 in. long, 6 lin. 
wide ; petiole nearly 2 in, long, sheathing at the base; panicle much 
branched, nearly 1 ft. high, smooth or obscurely scabrid ; spikelets 
. I-flowered ; bracts 3 Jin. long, lanceolate; bracteoles ovate, the 
outer 1, the inner 3 lin. long, coriaceous with a broad white scarious 
border ; calyx-tube pilose below; limb 6 lin. in diam., 5-ribbed ; 
lobes 10, rounded, the alternate shorter; stamens and pistil as in 
S. rosea, Sm. Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xii. 666. 
VaR. 8, longifolia (Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xii. 667); leaves oblanceolate or 
nearly linear, up to 10 in. long and 2 lin. wide, usually much smaller. 8. longi- 
folia, Thunb. Prodr. 54, Fl. Cap. ed. 2, ii. 241, ed. Schult. 276; Drége, Zwet 
Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 110. 8. scabra, Drége, l.c. 70. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Wallich! Var. B, Villette! 
_ Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div. ; between Kromme River and Berg Vallei, 
below 1000 ft., and between Pikiniers Kloof and Marcus Kraal, 1000-1500 ft., 
Drége ! Worcester Div, ; near Worcester, Cooper, 1618 ! 
CENTRAL ReGion: Var. 8, Calvinia Div.; Uien Vallei, 2000-2500 ft., Drége ! 
2. 8. rosea (Sm. in Rees, Cyclop. xxxiv.) ; whole plant usually 
under 1 ft. high; stem short, woody, covered by the leaf-bases ; 
leaves obovate, up to 2 in. long and nearly 1 in. wide, tapering into 
a petiole 1 in. long, which expands into a long sheathing base, 
papillose on both surfaces; panicle corymbose, many-flowered, 
rhachis and branches tubereulate ; spikelets 1-flowered ; bracts short, 
lanceolate ; bracteoles ovate, enwrapping the calyx-tube, 4 lin. long, 
with broad white scarious margins ; calyx-tube cylindric, 4 lin. long, 
pilose in the lower half, strongly 5-ribbed; limb 5 lin. in diam. ; 
lobes 10, rounded, crenate, five 1 lin. long, five 1 lin. long; petals 
oblanceolate, obtuse, 6 lin. long, 14 lin. wide, united at the very 
base; filaments 3 lin. long, inserted between the anther-cells ; 
anthers oblong, nearly 1 lin. long, verrucose, cells distinct in the 
lower half, mucronate at the base; ovary oblong, deeply 5-lobed ; 
styles distinct, longer than the petals. Boiss. in DC. Prodr, xi. 
667. S. peregrina, Berg. Descr. Pl. Cap. 80, excl. syn. 8S. pur- 
purata, Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 1528; Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 277, 
not of Linn. 8S. rytidophylla, Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 4055. S. 
dicksoniana, Hort. ex Hook. 1.c. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Burchell, '754! Wallich ! : 
Coast ReGion: Piqnetberg Div.; St. Helena Bay, Mader! Clanwilliam 
Div.; between Lange Vallei and Heerenlogement, below 500 ft., Drége! Zuur- 
fontein, 150 ft., Schlechter, 8528! Cape Div.; near Blue Berg, MacOwan, 
§ Bolus, Herb. Norm, Austr.-Afr., 235! Div.? Roeberg (? Koe Berg), Bergius 
ex Boissier. . 
3. S. amena (C. H. Wright); branches few from the apex of the 
rootstock ; leaves oblanceolate, up’ to 1} in. long and 2 lin. wide, 
more or less rugose when dry, mucronate; scape about 6 in. high, 
branched low down, tuberculate; spikelets distichous, 1-flowered, 
