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ARMERIA fasciculata 



Fascicled Thrift. 



PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. Pi.umbaginace^e. 



ARMERIA. Capitulum involucratum, vagina reversa, receptaculo pa- 

 leaceo. Calyx infunclibuliformis, limbo quinque dentatus, quinque plicatus, 

 margine scariosus. Corolla hypogyna, peutapetala; petalorum unguibus basi 

 villis cohserentibus. Stamina 5, imis petalorum unguibus inserta. Ovarium 

 uniloculare. Ovulum unicum, e placenta filiformi libera pendulum, anatropum. 

 .S^y ft terminates, 5, distincti, apice intus stigmatosi. Utriculus membranaceus, 

 monospermus, calyce inclusus, demuma basi niultifida solutus, calyptraeformis. 

 Semen inversum. Embryo inter albumen farinaceum parcum orthotropus ; 



radicula. supera. Herbae perennes, acaules (rarbfrutices), in Europa media 



et australi provenientes ; foliis radicalibm congestis linearibus v. lanceolutis, 

 nervosis ; peduncidis scapiformibus monocephalis. Endlicher genera plantarum, 

 no. 2171. 



A. fascicidata ; caule fruticoso ramoso, foliis linearibus canaliculars acutis 

 glabris, involucri foliolis obtusis, pedunculo foliis piuries longiore. 



Statice pinifolia. Brot.fi. lus. 1. 486. 



Statice fasciculata. Vent. Hort. Cels. 38. Willd. enum. hort. Berol. 1. 334 

 DeCand.FL Fr.3. 420. 



Armeria fasciculata. Romer fy Schultes, sp. pi. 6. 773. Webb it. hispan 

 p. 18. 



This fine species is cultivated in some of the gardens near 

 London, under the false name of A. scabra. It forms a pretty 

 bush, looking like a young pine tree, and produces its head of 

 pink flowers in the month of August. During summer it 

 grows very well in the open air ; but in winter it must be 

 treated like a Cape plant. 



A shrubby Thrift appears at first sight a great anomaly ; 

 but if we examine the common species with a little attention, 

 we shall find it as much shrubby as the species now before us ; 

 only the branches of its stem are so very short as to be com- 

 pletely hidden by the leaves that overshadow them. 



