STATicE. PENTANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. 329 



linear, flat. Willd. Spec, I. p. 1522. Smith F I. Brit. 

 I. p. 340. Eng. Bot.t. 2-26. P w r s /i F/. I. p. 212. Ar- 

 iiEKiA vulgaris Roem.^Schult, VI. p. 771. 



Root perennial, large and ligneous. Leaves all radical, cespi- 

 tose, canaliculate, smooth. 5ca/2e about a foot higli, sinnple, 

 bearing a rounr'ish head of rose-coloured flowers. Involucrum 

 many-leaved, scarisius. 



Hab On rocks near the sea-short. Pennsylvania to Virginia. 

 Furs/i. _ Thrift. 



A doiib fill native, Pursh has made some mistake re- 

 specting the habitat, as there is no " sea-shore" to PennsyU 

 vania. 



2. S. Limonium L, : scape paniculate, terete ; leaves o1j= 

 long, undulate, pmootli and nerveless, mucronate below the 

 tip. Willd. Spec. I. p. 1523. Smith FL Brit. 1. p. 

 341. Eng. Bot. t. 102. Big. Bost. p. ^6. E I I i o t i Sk. 

 I. p. 374. Roem, &r Schult.W.p.lll. S. caroliniand 

 Walt> Car. p. l\8. P w r s /i F/. 1. p. 212. Big. Med. 

 Bot. II. p. 51. t, 25. R.&lS.I.c. 



Root perennial, large, ligneous, very astringent. Leaves all ra- 

 dical, oblong-lanceolate, rather obtuse, or mucronate, with a 

 minute bent point under the extremity; margin distinctly un- 

 dulate ; under surface slightly veined. Scafie longer than the 

 leaves, nearly terete, striate, with several lanceolate amplexi- 

 caul bracts. Panicle very large, much branched ; branches al- 

 ternate, corymbtd, bracteate. Flowers sessile, secund, veined, 

 with 3 imbricate bracts at the base. Calyx tubular, 5-angled, co- 

 loured, hairy at the base ; teeth 5, lanceolate, acute, with 5 

 short bifid intermediate teeth. Corolla blue ; fietals^ obovate, 

 unguiculate, rather longer than the calyx. Stamens included ; 

 filaments compressed, inserted at the base of the petals ; an- 

 thers incumbent, roundish, purple. Styles filiform, shorter 

 than the stamens; stigmas simple. Seed oblong, angular, trun- 

 cate. 



Hab. In salt marshes and on rocky shores. August— Octo= 

 Ijgj.^ Marsh Rosemary, 



The root is a. valuable astringent I am unable to distinguish 

 any essential difference between the North-American and Eu- 

 ropean varieties of this plant. 



222. LINUM. L. 



Calyx deeply 5-parted, persistent. Petals 5, ungui- 

 culate. F laments united at the base. Capsule supe- 

 rior, subglobose, lO-valved, 10-celled. Sdcds solitary, 

 ovate, compressed. Geji. pL 528. Nutt. Gen. l.p, 

 206. Juss.]p.3Q3. Lam. 111.1291. Roe mi 

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