It is a native of the warmer parts of Europe. It has been 

 found on rocks near Ajaccio in Corsica, from whence I have 

 wild specimens ; Link and Brotero found it in Portugal on the 

 banks of the Sadao, near Setubal, and Mr. Barker Webb on 

 the sandy coast near the little town of Ericeira ; the latter 

 Botanist also gathered it at the Straits of Gibraltar and 

 near Cadiz. 



DeCandolle gives the following account of it in his Flora 

 Francaise. It resembles Armeria vulgaris, but its root is very 

 thick, absolutely woody, brown, striking deep, and almost 

 simple. From its collar rise three or four stems which become 

 about four inches hi oh, and which are entirelv covered with 

 straight, linear, firm leaves, a little channelled and entirely 

 smooth, as well as the peduncles. The latter spring from 

 among the leaves near the top of the stem, and bear a head of 

 flowers similar to those of the common Thrift. 



In the gardens the plant is much larger than in a wild 

 state. It most nearly approaches A. maderensis, which how- 

 ever does not seem to be caulescent, and has broader, flatter 

 and taper-pointed leaves. 



