Clafs and Order. ` 
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Generic Character: 
, = Cal. 1-phyllus, integer, plicatus, fcariofus. Pet. 5, Sem. 1, 
' fuperum. 
Specific Characters 
STATICE Suffruticofa, caule fruticofo : fuperne nudo ramo- 
fo, capitulis, feffilibus, foliis lanceolatis viginan- 
tibus, Sp. Ph 396. 
= CR A 
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_ On credible authority, this Speciefwas introduced from 
Siberia in 1781, by Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy. 
It i$ a hardy Plant, will grow in the foil chiefly applied to 
foreigners, bog and loam, and may be propagated by cut- 
tings, which fhould enjoy an airy fituation. — 
Flowers early in February, and continues ` the fame 
pe the warm feafons, to the beginning of Oc- 
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