THRIFT TRIBE. 



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2. STATIC^ (Sea Lavender). Flowers panicled ; styles 

 smooth. (Name from the Greek statizo, to stop, from 

 its supposed medicinal virtues.) 



STATIC^ SPATHULATA (Spathulate Sea-Lavender) and ARMERIA MARITIMA. 

 (Thrift). 



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1. ARMERIA (Thrift). 



1. A. maritima (Thrift). Leaves linear, fleshy ; flower- 

 stalks springing directly from the roots, leafless, and bear- 

 ing each a roundish head of flowers. Sea shores and the 

 tops of mountains, common. Leaves forming dense tufts 

 or balls ; flowers rose-coloured, in roundish heads, which 

 are raised on downy stalks 3 6 inches from the ground ; 



