lu'rli;u'»H>iis ]H)rtl()n (wliit-l) exteiuls about two-thirds its lieii^lit), emar- 

 i^inate or jagij^ecl at apex, »2:labrous, scarcely l.\ times longer than outer 

 bract. Brarirnlr 1, 21 -2 1 mm. long, irresfularly ovate, apex rounded^ 

 )»ointed or jagged, hyaline with veins, glabrous. Cali/x about 4 mm. 

 litnLT, infundibulit'orm, membranous but only slightly dilated above the 

 middle (including lolx's), almost glabrous, usually sparingly hairy 

 with -f a])pressed hairs near base (on veins and between them), never 

 extending half-way uji calyx ; calyx-lobes very short {h mm.), trian- 

 gular, and + acute, shoi-t. sub-lobes present ; veins of calyx strong, not 

 reaching l)ase of calyx-lobes. Citpaulr slightly exceeding calyx-lobes, 

 finely rugose. 



D/sfr/hiffioi?. Bulgaria. " In graminosis ad Manolovo.'' 1893 

 and H)(H). Leg. V. Strlbniy, Hb. Edinburgh (as S. Gmflini WWld.). 



According to Boissier s arrangement of Stafice (T>C. Prodr. xii, 

 ()48. 184S), this new species would fall in his Section IV. Limonium, 

 subsection 1. Gr/n/inip, which he deKnes as follows : — " Folia saepius 

 ampla. Sca]»i elati. IJami steriles pauci vel nuUi, Panicula ampla ; 

 s])icce laxa? vel dens;e. fere nunquam regulariter imbricata?. Calycis 

 limbus propter denticulos minutos inter lobos majores sitos sub-10- 

 l(d)us,'' and would occupy a position between »S'. toinenteUa Jioiss. and 

 S. Gmrlini Willd. From S. fontrnfella (Journ. Bot. 1911, tab. oil), 

 of which it has the dense s|)ikes, and its variety sareptana (S. sarep- 

 Jana Becker) the Bulgarian plant ik)W described may be readily 

 separated by its stellate pubescence and naiTOW long-petioled leaves.; 

 the same characters distinguish it from S. Gmelini (the name given 

 :it l)y th«» collector), wliich is a glabrous plant with broad sliort- 

 ])etioled leaves. There are. besides, the njore minute differentiating 

 f«'at\n-es of calyx, bracts, etc. 



The ])resence of numerous stellate hairs on leaves, scape, etc. in 

 .v. ii>ilrr(>trichn would seem to indicate some affinity with S. latifolia 

 Smith, which also possesses them ; but that species differs widely in 

 luiving reniarkably large and broad leaves, smaller flowers in lax spikes, 

 calyx wanting sub-lobes, and bracts almost wholly hyaline. These 

 p;)ints caused lioissier (op. cif. t)59) to include *S'. lafifoUa amongst 

 the ])lants forming his subsection o. llifnlolcpidecc — " Rami inferiores 

 steriles i-arius pauci, siepius nmnerosi, multifidi. Spiculie minutae 

 i)\nnerosissima' laxe vel densiuscule spicata), siepius paniculam multi- 

 Horam formantes. Folia plana vel ad scpiamulas reducta. Bracteae 

 •salteui inferiores fere a basi albo-hyalinte." 



Bulgaria, like others of the Balkan States, is apparently not 

 prolilic in Sea Lavenders ; besides the one now described. >S\ Gmelini 

 an/j S. hilij'()1i(( are the only others reported. 



Explanation nv Pi.atk '>\(S. 



1. Slaf'ire n sf e rot rich n. J nat. size. 



2 Reduced sketch of plant, ^'j nat. ni/.i'. 



■3. Outer bmct ; 4. iiii<ltllt' l»ni(t : 5. inner bnurt : 0. bracteole ; 7. calyx — all 



' eniarjroJ four titues. , 



