PENTANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. Statice. 315 



Stalk from 2 to 8 inches high, sheathed at the top by a skin- 

 like involucrum which extends down it for near an inch from the 

 base of the head of flowers. Bloss. pink. v 



Common Thrift. Sea Gj/lrfoiuer. Sea Cushion. Meadows 



and rocks on the sea coast, and mountainous situation, as Snow- 

 don, near Settle, and Ingleborough. [Wansley Dale, between 

 Ascrig and Aysgarth. Mr. Wood. — Wells, Norfolk ; South- 

 wold, Suffolk. Mr. Woodward. — All the rocky coast of Corn^ 

 wall. Mr. Watt. — Inchkeith in the Firth of Forth. On the 

 Cliffs near Sidmouth, very large.] P. May, June.* 



S. Stalk panicled, cylindrical : leaves smooth, without Limo'nium. 



nerves ; dagger- pointed underneath. 



Kniph.4-E. hot. \02-Blach<w. 4SI-F/. dan. 3 1 5-Matth. 980- 

 H. ox. xv. I. roiv l.n.X.f. \th.~-Dod. 35\-Lob. obs. 157« 

 3-Ger. «w.411. l-Park. 1234. l-J. B. iii. 876. 3. 



Salt marshes, and rocks on the sea coast. [Wells, Norfolk : 

 Southwold, Suffolk. Mr. Woodward.] P. July. — Sept. 



Var. 1. Much smaller. Leaves gradually tapering to, the 

 base, having no regular leaf-stalks. Ray. 



Lob. adv. 123~Ger. em. 411. <2. 



We 



in the one the leaves short and blunt, in the other longer and 

 more pointed. The sharp point at the end of the leaf marks 

 them both as belonging to this species. Mr. Woodward. Bloss. 

 of a very deep purple. Mrs. Watt. 



Harwich. Ramsgate. Ray.— [Cornwall. Mrs. Watt, 

 Lynn. Mr. Woodward.] 



Var. 2. Leaves longer, and taper-pointed. Flowers later* 



Ray. 



Lavender Thrift. Sea banks near Walton, Essex ; and be- 

 tween Heybridge and Maldon. Ray. [Both var. on the Lanca- 

 shire coast at Low Furness, and on the West side of Milnthrope 

 sands, Westmoreland. Mr. Gough.] 



S. Stalk panicled, lying flat : the barren branches naked reticulata. 



and bent backwards : leaves wedge-shaped, without 

 any sharp points. 



Pluk. 42. 4. 



Root.lea<ves oblong-wedge-shaped, on leaf-stalks. Stipule 

 half embracing the stem, awl-shaped, terminating in a long 

 P°int, membranaceous at the edge. Mr. Woodward. 



* It H much used in gardens as an edging for borders, and when in 



*uli blossom gives a glowing tinge to pastures on the $ea coast. Horses 

 **• goats eat it. Sheep are not fond of it. 



