Stocksiane. N. O. Plumbaginee. 
TAB. DCCCXXXVII. 
Sratice Srockxsi, Boiss. 
Caulibus suffruticosis abbreviatis simplicibus foliosis basi denudatis, 
foliis carnosis planiusculis enerviis punctulatis glabris v. parce 
puberulis ovato-spathulatis rotundatis in petiolum longe atte- 
nuatis, petioli basi in vaginam brevem amplexicaulem oblique 
truncatam dilatata, scapis terminalibus brevissimis subangulatis 
fragilibus paniculam parvam contractam subsecundam ovatam 
gerentibus, spiculis bifloris in spicas brevissimas fasciculiformes 
confertis, bracteis herbaceo-rubellis angustissime rubello-mar- 
ginatis inferiore ovata subcarinata obtusiuscula basi vaginante, 
superiore triplo longiore oblonga, calycis tubo recto rubello ad 
costas dense et longe ciliato, limbo albo-rubello patulo breviter 
et acutiuscule trilobo tubo dimidio breviore, antheris longiuscule 
exsertis. Dene. 
Statice Stocksii, Boiss. in De Cand. Prodr. v.12. p. 664. Wight, 
Illustr. of Ind. Bot. v. 2. p. 225. t. 178. 
AB. By the sea and inland throughout Scinde, Dr. J. L. Stocks, 
n, 436, 
A stunted woody shrub, general throughout Scinde: 6 inches 
to a foot high, forming a little bush. eretag very beautiful : 
petals rose-pink ; genitals exserted. J. E. Stoc 
Decaisne alludes to its resemblance to 8. 47 chica, from which 
it differs in the abbreviated petioles, more contracted branches of 
the panicle, the superior bract less involute, the calycine tube 
ciliated. 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Fruit :—magnijied. 
