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NOTES OX STATIC!^:*. 

 By C. E. Salmox, F.L.S. 



XIV. StATICE ANFllACTA, Sp. HOV. 



(Plate 565.) 



Amongst some Statices sent me for examination by \)v. A. Ginz- 

 berger of tlie Botanic Garden, Vienna, were three or four sheets of a 

 plant from the coast of Dahnatia Avhich 1 have been unable to place 

 satisfactorilj^ imder any species known to me. Whilst recalling 

 /SV remotis2)icula in some respects, it seemed impossible to group these 

 examples under that pLint, and its original describer, Mr. C. C. Lacaita, 

 agrees that I should describe the Dalmatian form as a new species. 



Statice anfracta, sp. no v. 



Planta altitudine mediocri, glabra, scabridula ; folia iKirva, coi-i- 

 acea, obovato-oblonga in petiolum longe attenuata, apice obtusa vel 

 rotundata, oh marginem revolutam in sicco apice pseudo-retusa. 

 Scapus 23-33 cm. altris, a hasi ramosus, valde anfractuosiis ; rami 

 numerosi divaricnto-'patuli, infer lores plurimi steriles. Spica? laxi- 

 florcd hreviusculcd, ascendenti-'patentes vel arcuato-refiexcB^ spiculis 

 inter se valde remotis. Bractea media quam exterior circa ses(|ui- 

 longior, interior quam exterior 2^-plo longior; calyx circa 5 iiim. 

 longus ; corolla circa 4 mm. diametro. 



Boot perennial, woody. Flant of moderate height, glabrous, 

 ibscabrid. Leaves small (compared with scape), 1-veined, coriaceous, 

 " spongy " above when dry, obovate-oblong tapering into a petiole 

 about as long as lamina, apex obtuse or rounded, when dry often 

 pseudo-retuse on account of the re volute margin. Scape 23-33 cm. 

 high, iherect, noticeably zig-zag, branched from the base. Branches 

 many divaricate-patulous ; lower sterile branches numerous, the low^est 

 simple, ihpitt*3nt. S2)lkes lax-flowered, rather short, ascending-patent 

 or arcuate-reflexed. SpiJcelets 1-2 (3) tiowered, remote from one 

 another. Outer bract c. 1^ mm. long, almost 2 mm. broad, trian- 

 gular-ovate, +acute, herbaceous in lower half Avith an apiculus, 

 remahider membranous, glabrous. Middle bract 2\ mm. long, 

 c. \\ mm. broad, oblong-ovate, apex + rounded or notched, hyaline 

 with two veins, glabrous, about half as long again as outer bract. 

 Inner bract 4-4^ uim. long, 2f-3 mm. broad, oval, obtuse, wdth 

 broad membranous margin, herbaceous portion apiculate, glabrous, 

 about 2f times longer than outer bract. Bracteole 1, 2| mm. long, 

 c. 1\ mm. broad, irregularly oblong-obovate, apex rounded or notched, 

 hyaline with veins, glabrous. Calyx c. 5 mm. long, very slightly 

 curved, infundibuliform, pedicelled (c. 1 mm.), membranous and 

 dilated about 3 mm. from base ; calyx-lobes c. 1 mm. long, ovate, 

 Hzobtuse, with tube-veins not reaching apex ; calyx irregularly haiiy 

 (more densely so near base) on ribs and s])aces with ascending hairs 

 from base to about halfwaj^ up calyx (including lobes) ; one side of 

 calj'x usually quite glabrous. Corolla about 4 mm. in diameter. 



* See Joiirn. Bot. 1903, G5 ; 1904, 361 ; 1905, 5, 54; 1907, 24, 428 ; 1908, 1 ; 

 1909, 285 ; 1911, 73 ; 1913, 92; 1915, 237, 325; 1917, 33. 



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