Plate 1737. 



STATICE GILESII, Hemsl. 



Plumbagine^. 



S. Gilesii, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; aff. 8. Griffith™, Aitch. et Hemsl. 

 diiiert imprimis spiculis circiter 6-floris. 



Hab. Shoghot, at 6,000 to 7,000 feet, south of Hindu Kush ; 



CnJgit Expedition, Dr. Giles. 



Eerba perennis, scaposa, glabra, glauca, minute lepidota. *™ 

 oense rosulata, ctassa, coriacea, obovata vel spatbulata, 1-2| poll, 

 longa apice aculeato-mucronata. Scapus solitarius, flexuosus, 12-15 

 poi . alius, saepms simplex sed interdum ramulis 2-3 brevibus lateralibus 

 instrnctus, ad vel infra medium floriferus. Spiculce 3-10-florse (eajpius 

 o o flora), sessiles, bracteis bracteolisque similibus latis brevibus fere 

 omnino scanoso-hyalinae ; bractea exterior brevior. Calyx breviter 

 lu-iooatns tubo valide 10-costato pubescente. Corolla non visa. 

 Ovarium glabrum.-W. B. Hemslet. 



Fig«. 1 and 2. Bracts. 3. Calyx. 4. Ovary. Enlarged. 



Folia 



