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STATICE monopetala ; var. clenudata. 

 Naked Monopetalous Sea Lavender. 



PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Plumbaginacete. 



STATICE. Botanical Register, \7 . fol. 1450. 



8. monopetala. Supra 1841. t. 54. 



var. demulata ; fuliis uhovato-lanceolalis luanfiiti; uudulalis param lepidotis, 

 ramis injlorescentue elonyatis, Jforibus j^a/lidis. 



At plate 54 of the Botanical Register for 1S41, the 

 original Statice monopetala has been figured. That now 

 before us is a well marked variety, but nothing more, having 

 smaller and paler flowers, a more " drawn up" manner of 

 growth, broader leaves, somewhat wavy at the edge, and a 

 much smaller quantity of calcareous scurf. No trace of it is 

 found in books, and it is probably of garden origin. The Hor- 

 ticultural Society received it from the Botanic Garden of 

 Leyden under the erroneous name of Statice suffi'uticosa. 



It is nearly hardy, requiring only a slight protection 

 during winter, when planted in the open border, but it suffers 

 from damp. 



It flowers during the autumn months, and grows freely 

 in any rich light soil, and is easily increased by cuttings of 

 the young wood, treated in the ordinary way. 



October, 1842. 



