Ol'd. 5.] PENTANDRIA PEXTAGYNIA. 67 



176. TiMARIX. Tamarisk. 



1. T. gallica, 19. 1318. (French T.) Stamens five. Clusters lateral, 

 numerous. Leaves lanceolate, acute, spurred. Branches smooth. 

 Rocks, on the south coast ; scarcely indigenous. T? . 7, Branches 

 red, long and slender. L. small. Fl. reddish. 



177. CORRIGlOLA. Strapwort. 



1. C. littoralis, 10. 668. (Sand S.) 

 Southern coast of Eng. 0. 7, 8. Prostr. glauc. Fl. small, white. 



PENTANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. 



178. PARNASSIA. Grass of Parnassus. 



1. P. palustris, 2. 82. (Common Grass of P.) Leaves heart-shaped. 

 Bristles of each nectary numerous. 

 Marshes. If. 9, 10. Stem a span high, \-Jl. Fl. snow white, elegant. 



PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



179. STATICE. Thrift. 



1. S. Armeria, 4. 226. (Common Th.) Stalk simple. Flowers ca- 



pitate. Awns of the calyx minute. Leaves linear. 

 Sea shores and marine rocks. 2£ . 7, 8. Inner bract, several, filmy . 



Fl. rose-col. 

 *1. S. plantaginea, (Plantain-leaved T.) Leaves linear-lanceolate, 



with 3 — 5 ribs. Stalk simple ; bearing a rounded head. Leaves 



of the involucre cuspidate. Awns of the calyx long. 

 Jersey. If. 6, 7. Easily distinguished from S. Arm. by its strongly 



cuspidate involucre, broad leaves and long setaceous teeth to 



the col. Fl. pale purple. 



2. S. Limonium, 2. 102. (Blue Th. Sea Lavander.) Leaves elliptic- 



lanceolate, stalked, mucronate, single-ribbed. Stalks angular, 

 with a much branched spreading corymb at the top. Calyx 

 with deep acute, plaited segments and intermediate teeth. 



Muddy sea-shores. If. 7, 8. Leaves leathery, glauc. Fl.fine blue. 

 *2. S. spathuldta, S. binervosa, Suppl. 2663. (Upright-spiked T.) 

 Leaves spathulate, with a short mucro, glaucous, 3-nerved. Stalks 

 branched from below the middle. Panicle elongated. Branches 

 distichous. Spikes erect. Calyx with blunt segments, without 

 intermediate teeth. 



Sea-shores, y.. 8. Readily recognised from the preceding by the 

 3-jierved leaves and dense upright spikes. 



3. S. reticulata, 5. 328. (Matted Th. or Sea Lav.) Stalks panicled, 



prostrate, zigzag, dotted ; lower branches barren. Leaves 

 wedge-shaped, rather acute, but without points. 



