PLUMBAGINACE^— PLUMBAGO 



FAMILY 



SEA-LAVENDER. MARSH-ROSEMARY 



Stdtice limonium. Limdnium Carolinidnum 



Statics, Greek, meaning stop; referring to the astringent 

 juice of many species. 



A native, perennial plant of the salt marshes, follow- 

 ing the coast from Labrador to Florida and Texas. 



Rootstock. — Thick and fleshy, which furnishes a power- 

 ful astringent. 



Stem. — Slender, grooved, leafless, branched at the top. 



Leaves. — Basal, flat, narrowed into margined petioles, 

 entire or slightly undulate; mid vein prominent. 



Flowers. — Tiny, pale lavender, sitting erect and loosely 

 along the upper side of the flowering branchlets. Fra- 

 grant. 



Calyx. — Tubular, five-toothed, ribbed. 



Corolla. — Petals five, spatulate, clawed. 



Stamens. — Five, growing to the bases of the petals; 

 filaments threadlike. 



Pistil. — Ovary one-celled; styles five. 



Fruit. — Utricle, one-seeded. 



The Sea-Lavender stands at the shore where land 

 and water meet, and the spray-like bloom seen at a 

 little distance in masses looks like a blue-gray mist 

 blown in from the sea. The flowering stem is smooth, 

 ridged, and leafless; at the top it divides and sub- 



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