1450 



STATICE* pubcrula. 

 Doamy-lea ucd Stat ice. 



PENTANDRIA. I'ENTAGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Plumbagine;e Juss. {Introduction to the natural si/stcm 

 of Botdiiy, p. 195.) 



STATICE. — Calyx monni)hyllus, inferus, integer, j)licatus, campanu- 

 latus, V. infundibulifnrniis, limbo menibrauaceo apice dentato. Corolla 

 pIcmiiHiue .O-petala, suliiiulc mnnopclala. Filamenta tubo petalisve adhfB- 

 reiitia. Styli 5, raro 3 distincti. Capsula moiiosperma, evalvis, calyce 

 persistente, membranacea. Semen 1, albuminosum. — Panzer in R'Omcr. et 

 Schult. syst. veg. vol. 6. p. Ixix. 



S.pubenda; caule paniculato rainoso pubescente, foliis radicali1)us lanceolatis 



aciitis basi angustatis stellato-pnbescentibus. 

 S. puberula. P. B. Webb incd. 



Folia radicalia, glauca, lanceolata, acuta, basi angustata, undique pilis 

 stellatis tecta. Scopus et rami paniculce pubescentes. Panicula pyra- 

 midatis, rainosissima, coarclatu, circiter pedalis, ramulis angulatis. Bracteae 

 scariosce, piloses. Bracteolaa 3, virides, pubescentes, qxiarxun infera squami- 

 formis ohlonga obtusa, proxima paulb major, cusjjidata, supreina convoluta, 

 duplh major, obtusa, apice violacea, calyce brevior. Calycis limbus viobiceus, 

 mcmbranaceus, dcntibus obtusis, brevibus, subcviarginatis, muticis, Curolhi 

 alba, calyce longior, laciniis cuneatis, emarginatis. 



A Greenhouse herbaceous plant, native of the Isle of 

 Graciosa, one of the Canaries, wliere it was discovered by 

 P. B. Webb, Esq., in whose Garden at Milford House, 

 near Godalming, it flowered in May last. 



The specimen was oblii^inp^ly communicated to us by 

 Mr. William Youn<x, Nurseryman, of the same ])lacc, by 

 whom it was raised from Mr. AWbh's seeds. We under- 

 stand that but one plant has been as yet obtained; so that 



* Said to be derived from irrxrii^u, to stop ; in consequence of the medi- 

 cinal astringent properties that were attributed to it. 



