REPORT ON THE BOTANY OF THE ATLANTIC ISLANDS. 47 



PLUMBAGINE^E. 



Statice lefroyi, Hemsl. (Plate IV.) 

 Statics lefroyi, Hemsl. 



Statice bahusiensi affinis, differt scaporum multo elatiorum ramulis gracillimis recti- 

 usculis bracteis floribusque trieute parte brevioribus, &c. 



Herba glabra, siccitate pallida, saltern bipedalis. Folia oblonga, lanceolata vel oblan- 

 ceolata, apice obtusissima vel rotundata, sub apice mucrone recto rigidiusculo instructa, 

 basi in petiolum longissimum decurrentia, distincte pennivenia, cum petiolo 6-12 poll, 

 longa. Scapus bipedalis, fistulosus, parte inferiore (saltern in siccis), angulatus, anguste 

 i - amoso-paniculatus, ramulis ultimis filiformibus fere rectis ; spiculse dissitse, 1-2-florae, sed 

 ssepissiine 1 -florae, cum calyce circiter 3-lineas longge ; bracteae late scarioso-hyalinae, vix 

 acuta?, extima f lineam longa, intima 2J lineas longa. Flares casrulei ; calycis tubus 

 costatus, costis sat setulosis ; limbi lobis subacutis ; petala ima basi tantum coalita, 

 obovata, emarginata, calycern vix sequantia ; filamenta leviter dilatata ; ovarium glabrum, 

 5-augulatum ; styli a basi liberi, stigmatibus subclavatis. — Journ. Bot., 1883, p. 105. 



Bermudas. — Endemic. Salt marsh, Walsinghain — Lefroy. 



This is probably the same species identified by Bein as Statice caroliniana, Nutt. 

 What the true Statice caroliniana is we have not been able to determine. Chapman 

 (Flora of the Southern United States, p. 278) retains it as a distinct species, and describes 

 the calyx as smooth. Gray (Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States, ed. 5, 

 p. 313) regards it as a variety of Statice limonium, Linn. The Bermudan plant, however, 

 is sufficiently distinct from all the North American specimens that we have seen to rank 

 as a distinct species. It is also very different from Statice- bahamensis, Griseb. Its 

 nearest affinity, apparently, is with Statice bahusiensis, Fries., from which it is distinguish- 

 able at a glance, though the technical characters that separate the species are slight. The 

 differences are chiefly in the habit and stature of the plant ; the mode of branching of the 

 panicle ; the slenderness and straightness of the ultimate branchlets of the panicle ; the 

 size of the spikelets ; and the size, consistence, and shape of the bracts. Further, it differs 

 from all the species we know in having the corolla shorter than the calyx. We at first 

 thought the artist had made a mistake, as the twisted corollas are very difficult to open 

 out ; but our own examination of flowers verified the drawing as to the condition in the 

 dried state. In the specimens collected by Sir J. H. Lefroy, the only ones we have seen, 

 the flowers are all past their prime. 



