PLUMBAGINACE^. (LEADWOKT FAMILY.) 327 



ancient Greek name of the Sanicle, of obscure meaning, strangely applied bv 

 Lmnieus to this plant.) 



I . D. Lapponica, L. Leaves 3 - 5" long ; peduncle at length 1-2' long. 



-Alpine summits of N. Eng. and N. Y., and northward to Lab. and the 



irctic coast. July. (Eu., Asia.) 



3. GALAX, L. 



Calyx 5-parted, imbricate, persistent. Petals 5, hypogyuous, obovate-spat- 

 ulate, rather erect, deciduous. Filaments united in a 10-toothed tube, slightly 

 cohering with the base of the petals, the 5 teeth opposite the petals naked, 

 the alternate ones shorter and bearing roundish 1 -celled anthers, which open 

 across the top. Style short , stigma 3-lobed. Capsule ovoid, 3-celled ; colu- 

 mella none. Seeds numerous, the cellular loose coat tapering to each end. — 

 Evergreen herb, with a thick matted tuft of scaly creeping routstocks, beset 

 with fibrous red roots, sending up round heart-shaped crenate-toothed and 

 veiny shming leaves (about 2' wide) on slender petioles, and a slender naked 

 scape, 1 -2° high, bearing a wand-like spike or raceme of small and minutely- 

 bracted white flowers. (Name from yd\a, mi/k,— oi no conceivable applica- 

 tion to this plant.) 



1. G. aphylla, L — Open woods, Va. to Ga. June. 



Order 60. PLUMBAGINACE^E. (Leadwort Family.) 



Maritime herbs, iviih regular o-merous Jlotvers, a plaited calyx, the 5 sta- 

 mens opposite the separate petals or the lobes of the corolla, and the free ovary 

 one-celled, with a solitary ovule hanging from a long cord -which rises from 

 the base of the cell. — Only the Statj'ce.e or Marsh-Rosemary Tribe 

 is represented in our region, in gardens by the Thrift (ylnner/a vulgaris), 

 on the coast by a single species of 



1. S T A T I C E, Tourn. Sea-Lavender. Marsh-Rosemary. 



Flowers scattered or loosely spiked and 1 -sided on the branches, 2 - 3-bracted. 

 Calyx funnel-form, dry and membranaceous, persistent. Corolla of .5 nearly or 

 quite distinct petals, with long claws, the .5 stamens severally attached to their 

 bases. Styles .5, rarely 3, separate. Fruit membranous and indehiscent, in 

 the bottom of the calyx. Embryo straight, in mealy albumen. — Sea-side per- 

 ennials, with thick and stalked radical leaves ; the naked flowering stems or 

 scapes branched into panicles {'STariKT], an ancient name given to this or some 

 other herb, on account of its astringeucy ) 



1. S. Limonium, L. Root thick and woody, very astringent; leaves 

 oblong, spatulate or obovate-lanceolate, 1 -ribbed, tipped with a deciduous bristly 

 point, petioled ; scape much-branched, corymbose-panicled (1-2° high) ; spike- 

 lets 1 - 3-flowered ; flowers lavender-color ; calyx-tube hairy on the angles, the 

 lobes ovate-triangular, with as many teeth in the sinuses. (Eu.) 



Var. Caroliniana, Gray, the plant of the Northern States, has more erect 

 branches, rather panicled inflorescence with at length scattered flowers, and 

 very acute or acuminate calyx-lobes. — Salt marshes ahjug the coas^., from 

 Lab- to Tex. Aug., Sept. 



