Plate 2355. 



STATICE TERETIFOLIA, Baker. 



PLUiMBAGINE.55. 



^ S, teretifolia, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 189i, 334 ; S. cyUndrifolia: 

 simillima, clifFert : bracteis superioribus obovato-rotundatis plus minus 

 truncatis calycis tubo cylinclrico eequilongis. 



Hab. Arabia ] Hadramaut, Liint (Nos. 75^ 98, and 235). 



Caules suffruticescentes basi deiiudati superne dense foliosi. Folia 

 cylindrica, obtusiuscula, minute gland uloso-mucronulata, pruinosa, 

 2-3^ poll longa, aVi^A P^^l- diam., basi in vaginam brevem coloratam 

 dllatata. Spicula bi- v. unifiora in spicas breves secundas conferta ; 

 bractete interiores fere orbiculares floribus breviores coriaceae anguste 

 hyalino-marginat^. Calyx tubo hispidulo v. fere glabro, limbo exserto 

 infuudibuliformi albido 5-lobato, lobis deltoideis nervis coloratis 

 percursis, Petala bidentata libera v, fere libera. 



This plant 



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Forsfe., of which we have specimens both from Socotra, collected by 

 Prof. Balfour, and from South Arabia, collected by Dr. Schweinfurth, 

 that it was not without hesitation we decided to regard it as specifically 

 distinct, but the striking difference in the sheathing bracts, which are 

 oblong, more or less pointed, and equalling the calyx in length m 

 S. cylindrlfolia, while in our species they are nearly orbicular and 

 truncate or broadly obtuse, equalling only the lower cylindrical 

 portion of the calyx-tube, are too marked to allow us to regard the 

 two plants as conspecific— D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Transverse section of I.vif. 2. Detached flower. 3 and 4. Outer bracts. 

 5- Innermost bract. 6. Pistil. AU enlarged. 



