278 PLUMBAGINACEH. (LEADWORT FAMILY.) 
4. P. lanceolata, L. Smooth or pubescent; leaves lanceolate, acute, 
denticulate, 3 - 5-ribbed, long-petioled ; spikes dense, ovate or oblong ; capsule - 
2-seeded. — Pastures and waste ground. Introduced. — Scapes 19 - 29 high. . 
Spikes 1' - 2! long. 
5. P. sparsiflora, Michx. Leaves smooth, lanceolate, toothed or entire, 
narrowed into a long petiole; scape much longer than the leaves, pubescent 
below ; spike long, loosely flowered ; bracts ovate; calyx-lobes obtuse; capsule 
2-seeded. (P. interrupta, Lam.) — Moist pine barrens, Georgia and South Caro- 
lina. June - Sept. — Spikes 6/-9/ long. . 
* * Flowers diecious: annuals. 
6. P. Virginica, L. Pubescent; leaves lanceolate or oblong, toothed or - 
entire, 3 — 5-ribbed, on rather short petioles; spike cylindrical, densely-flowered; - 
stamens 4; capsule 2-4 seeded. (P. purpurascens, Nutt.) — Low sandy soil, - 
very common. April-June. — Scapes 1/ (and then 2 —4-flowered) - 19 high. - 
Leaves 3! - 6' long. 
7. P. heterophylla, Nutt. Smooth or pubescent; leaves somewhat 
fieshy, linear, entire, or with scattered spreading teeth; spikes linear, closely 
flowered ; the lower flowers scattered; stamens 2, exserted; capsule many- 
seeded, twice the length of the calyx.— Waste places and fields, Florida and - 
northward. April and May. — Scape 2/-6' high, commonly longer than the 
leaves. d 
P. PusiLLA, Nutt. (which may be found within our limits) differs from No. 7in _ 
having the ovoid 4-seeded capsule scarcely longer than the calyx. 
OrDER 80. PLUMBAGINACEJE. (Lrapwonr FAMILY.) 
Herbs or shrubs, with scattered or radical and clustered leaves.— 
Calyx tubular or funnel-shaped, 5-toothed, plaited, persistent. Corolla 
salver-shaped, 5-lobed or 5-petalous, with the 5 stamens opposite the 
lobes or petals, and inserted on their claws or on the receptacle. Styles 
5, distinct or united. Ovary 1-celled, with the solitary anatropous ovule - 
suspended from the apex of the filiform cord which arises from the base 
of the cell. Fruit utricular or capsular, variously dehiscent. Embryo 
straight, in mealy albumen. 
dui C 1. STATICE, L. Mansnu Rosemary. t 
Calyx bracted ; the limb scarious, 5-lobed. Petals 5, distinct, or united by - 
their claws. Stamens 5, inserted on the claws of the petals. Styles separate - 
or nearly 80: stigmas slender. Utricle variously dehiscent. — Perennial herbs, ai 
. growing in saline marshes, with fleshy chiefly radical leaves, and scapelike . 
