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vaallinieats seen in sapineenshan sacha Chenopo- 
dium, &c. 
The vegetable which is the subject of this ar- 
ticle is exclusively a maritime plant. It is one of 
the few ornamental species in our salt marshes, 
and is yery conspicuous for its purple tops ap- 
pearing among the grass in all the summer 
months. It varies from a few inches, to a nih and 
more in height. 
This species has generally been’ considered a 
variety of the Statice limonium, which is a com- 
mon plant in the salt marshes of Europe. In- 
deed, several of the maritime species of this genus 
approach each other so closely in their characters, 
that they have been considered the same by able 
botanists. The American plant, to which the 
name of Caroliniana was’ given by Walter in his 
Flora of Carolina, is distinguished from the Eu- 
ropean principally by its sinaller flowers and plain 
or flat leaves. From the Statice Gmelini, an 
Asiatic species, ehirenan gents still less in its 
general form. | 
The genus Statice beloiige to the class Pentan- 
dria and order Pentagynia. Its natural orders 
are Aggregate of Linneus and Plumbagines of PCcc<! rp 
Jussieu. It is characterized by a calya: mono- Gis 
phyllous, plaited and searious. Petals five with 
