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Sea-beaches, sea-bluffs or sandy fields along the ocean, 1 to 100 feet : Monterey 

 Co. to Humboldt Co. Apr. -June. 



Locs. — Carmel, Newlon 139 ; Pcscadero, A. L. Grant 940; San Francisco, Davy 821 ; Pt. Reyes, 

 Jepson 118S; Salmon Creek, Sonoma Co., Jepson 15,944; Pudding Creek, Ft. Bragg, Jepson 

 17,731 ; Humboldt Bay, Chandler 1153. 



Eefs. — Statice arctica Blake, Ehod. 19 :8 (1917). Armeria vulgaris Willd. f. arctica Cham., 

 Linnaea 6:566 (1831), type loc. Unalaska, Aleutian Isls., Chamisso. Armeria arctica Wallr., 

 Beitr. 2:193 (1844). Var. CAiiroBNiCA Blake, Rhod. 19:9 (1917); Jepson, Man. 758 (1925). 

 Armeria andiana Poepp. var. calif omica Boiss. ; DC, Prod. 12:682 (1848), type from Cal., Coul- 

 ter. A. vulgaris Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 378 (1901), 

 ed. 2, 318 (1911), and other Cal. authors. 



2. LIMONIUM Hill. Marsh Kosemart 



Leaves broad, fleshy, in a ba.sal tuft. Flow- 

 ers seeund, in short spikes or clusters termi- 

 nating the many branchlets of a branching 

 scape. Calyx vase-shaped. Styles wholly dis- 

 tinct. — Species about 120, sea-beaches, all con- 

 tinents. (Greek name of the wild beet.) 



1. L. commune S. F. Gray var. califor- 

 nicum Greene. Western Marsh Rosemary. 

 Scapes % to 1% (or 2) feet high, loosely pani- 

 culate, the root % to 1 inch thick, reddish, 

 woody; leaves 4 to 9 inches long, the blades 

 obovate- to oblong-spatulate, obtuse or some- 

 times retuse, tapering below into a rather long 

 petiole; flowers violet-purple; calyx hairy on 

 the angles below; petals oblong, 2 to 2i/2 lines 

 long. 



Salt marshes and sea-beaches along the 

 coast and its bays, 1 to 50 feet : San Diego Co. 

 to Humboldt Co. July-Dec. 



Locs.- — San Diego (Rhod. 25:59) ; Newport Bay, 

 Orange Co., Booth 1229; Wilmington, Parish 959; Pt. 

 Mugu, Ventura Co., J. T. Howell 3131; Palo Alto, 

 C. F. Baker 1516; West Berkeley, Jepson 14,593; 

 Manzanita sta., Marin Co., Jepson 10,656 ; Benicia, 

 Jepson 14,594 ; Samoa, Tracy 1254. 



Var. mexicanum (Blake) Jepson comb. n. Calyx glabrous. — -San Diego Bay. South to 

 Lower California. This form matches the species in all details of habit, leaves, inflorescence, 

 flowers and fruit, save only that the calyx-ribs are not hairy. Since it is said by Blake to occur 

 in the San Francisco Bay region, it would in such case lose geographic significance and much of 

 its slight claim to even varietal rank. 



Refs. — LiMONiUM COMMUNE S. F. Gray, Nat. Arr. British Pis. 2:296 (1821), type loc. sea- 

 shores of Britain. Var. californicum Greene, Man. Reg. S. F. Bay 235 (1894) ; Jepson, Man. 

 758 (1925). Statice californica Boiss.; DC, Prod. 12:643 (1848), based on spms. from San 

 Francisco (Barclay) and Santa Clara (Sinclair). S. limonium var. californicum Gray, Bot. Cal. 

 1:466 (1876) ; Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 378 (1901), ed. 2, 318 (1911). L. californicum Hel., Cat. 

 N. Am. PI. ed. 1, 6 (1898). Var. mexicanum Jepson. L. mexicanum Blake, Ehod. 18:59 (1916), 

 type loc. San Diego, Palmer 216. 



Limonium sinuatum MUl., Gard. Diet. ed. 8, n. 6 (1768). Statice sin-uata L., Sp. PI. 276 

 (1753), "Sicilia, Palestina, Africa." Scapes 1 to 2 feet high, corymbosely -paniculate, the inter- 

 nodes of the scapes and inflorescence broadly or narrowly winged, the wings produced upward 

 at the nodes into 3 (or 2) linear-lanceolate appendages % to 1% inches long; leaves pinnatifid; 

 calyx blue ; corolla yellowish-white. — Garden plant from the Mediterranean region, occasionally 

 escaped, 5 to 100 feet: San Diego coast (Del Mar, F. M. Reed; Imperial Beach, Peirson 3397). 



STYRACACEAE. Storax Family 



Shrubs or trees with alternate simple leaves. Flowers regular and perfect, the 

 calyx in ours slightly adherent to the base of the ovary; petals 4 to 10, united or con- 



Fig. 325. Statice arctica Blake var. 

 CALIFORNICA Blake, a, base of plant, X 

 Ys ; 6, infl., X % ; c, fl., X 2 ; d, calyx, X 

 2V2; e, petal and stamen, X 3 ; /, pistil, 

 X i; g, long. sect, of ovary, X 5. 



