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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



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tuse, mucronate, shortly attenuated into the petioles. Stem 

 short, naked, terete. Canary Islands, 1847. Half-hardy shrub. 

 (R. G. 319 ; F. d. S. 325, under name of S. frutescens.) 



FIG. 527. STATICE SINUATA, showing Habit and detached 

 Inflorescence. 



S. Halfordi (Halford's). A garden variety of, or hybrid from, 



S. macrophylla. . 



S. imbricata. (imbricated), fl. blue ; spikelets three or four- 

 flowered, few, in short, fascicled spikes ; bracts velvety ; scape 

 tall, amply corymbose above, with undulated and broadly- winged 

 branches. Summer. I. lanceolate, lyrate-runcinate, 

 with eight or nine lobes on each side, setose-mu- 

 cronate, 9in. to lOin. long. h. IJft. Teneriffe, 1829. 

 A half-hardy, slightly tomentose sub-shrub. (F. d. S. 

 320, 321.) 



S. incana (hoary), of Bieberstein. A synonym of 

 S. tatarica angwtifolia. 



S. Kaufmanniana (Kaufmann's). fl. pink; scape 

 6in. to 16in. long, bearing several ascending spikes. 

 Summer. /. all radical, lanceolate, acuminate, crisped, 

 with thick margins, h. 1ft. Turkestan, 1880. A 

 pretty, hardy perennial. (R. G. 996.) 



S. latifolia (broad-leaved).* fl. blue ; spikelets one 

 (rarely two) flowered, rather remote, forming loose, 

 very slender, slightly recurved spikes ; bracts gla- 

 brous ; scape tall, much-branched; panicle ample, 

 effuse. June. I. large, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, long- 

 attenuated into the petioles, h. 1ft. South Russia, 

 1791. Hardy. 



S. leptoloba (slender-lobed). /., calyx purple, stel- 

 late, funnel-shaped ; corolla yellowish, small ; spikes 

 about $in. long, few-flowered ; scape slender, re- 

 peatedly forked. Summer. I. all radical, oblanceo- 

 fate-spathulate. Turkestan, 188L Habit tufted. 

 Hardy. (R. G. 1045.) 



S. macrophylla (large-leaved).* fl. white, twice 

 as large as those of S. arborescens; spikelets two- 

 flowered, twin, erect, at the tips of the branchlets ; 

 bracts velvety, the lower ones scarious-rufescent ; 

 scape tall, amply and much branched above, in a 

 corymbose panicle. May. I. nearly glabrous, large, 

 sessile, obovate-spathulate, very obtuse, the lower 

 part long-attenuated, obsoletely sinuate, h. 2ft. 

 Teneriffe, 1824. Half-hardy sub-shrub. (B. M 4125 

 B. R. xxxi. 7.) 



S. macroptera (large- winged), fl. purple ; spikelets 

 two-flowered, in fascicles of two or three at the tips 

 of the branchlets ; wings of the floral branches very 

 broad ; scape tall, ample and spreading, very broadly 

 paniculate-corymbose. Summer. I. slightly puberu- 

 lous, at length glabrescent, ample, coriaceous, pe- 

 tiolate, lyrate ; terminal lobe large, ovate, slightly 

 acute, bristle-bearing at apex, sinuate-lobed ; lateral 

 ones much smaller, confluent, h. about 2ft. Canary 

 Islands. Greenhouse. (I. H. iii. 105.) 



S. pectinata incompta (comb-like, inelegant). /. 

 blue; spikelets three-flowered, distichous, in oblong, 

 sub-scorpioid, spreading, densely-imbricated spikes ; 

 lower bracts rufescent ; scape leafy, decumbent. 

 September. I. rosulate at the base of the scape, or 

 fascicled or solitary near the axils of the scales, 

 obovate, obtuse or retuse, mucronate, attenuated 

 into the petioles. Canary Islands, 1780. A half- 

 hardy, calcareous-dotted sub-shrub. (B. R. xxvi. 65, 

 under name of S. pectinata.) 



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S. profusa (profuse).* /. disposed in well-branched, corymbose 

 heads ; calyx purple ; corolla white. August. I. radical, 6in. to 

 Sin. long, oval or somewhat spathulate, waved, leathery, shining, 

 and dark green ; outer ones prostrate, h. 2ft. A greenhouse 

 hybrid between S. puberula and S. Halfordii. (F. M. 40.) 



S. puberula (puberulous). ft. violet, as large as those of 

 S. arborescens ; spikelets two-flowered, few, at the tips of the 

 branchlets, sub-distichous and rather loosely fascicled ; bracts 

 scarious-rufescent, pubescent ; scape 3in. to 5in. high, pauicu- 

 lately corymbose. July. I. Jin. to fin. long, ovate-rhomboid, 

 slightly acute, bristle-bearing at apex, long-ciliated on the mar- 

 gins, shortly attenuated into the petioles. Graciosa, 1830. A 

 whitish-pilose or puberulous, half-hardy sub-shrub. (B. 182; 

 B. M. 3701 ; B. R. 1450.) 



S. pumila alba. A mere garden name. 



S. rosea (rosy).* fl. blue ; spikelets one-flowered, clustered in 

 short, terminal, horizontal spikes, with a flexuous rachis ; bracts 

 blackish, with white margins ; scape terete, much-branched, 

 paniculately corymbose above, tuberculate - scabrous. May. 

 I. obovate-oblong, attenuated into the petioles, rough-tubercled 

 on both sides. Stem short, leafy, h.. 3ft. Port Natal, 1840. 

 Half hardy sub-shrub. (B. M. 4055, under name of &'. rytido- 

 phylla.) 



S. rytidophylla (shrivelled-leaved). A synonym of S. rosea. 



S. sincnsis (Chinese), fl. yellow ; spikelets two-flowered, in 

 sl'ort, snb-secund, terminal spikes ; lower bracts ovate, obtuse ; 

 scape tall, dichotomously branched just above the base, corym- 

 bose - fastigiate. April. 1. obovate - lanceolate, obtuse, long- 

 attenuated into the petioles. Stem acutely angled, h. 1ft. 

 China, 1845. Plant hardy, glabrous. (B. R. 1845, 63, and 

 F. d. S. 5i. 28, under name of S. Fortunei.) 



S. sinuata (sinuate-leaved).* fl. purple, yellow ; spikelets three 

 or four-flowered ; spikes short, secund, nearly horizontal, the 

 upper branchlets densely imbricated ; lower bracts reddish ; 

 scape dichotomous, paniculately corymbose, three to five-winged. 

 August. I. lyrate-pinnatifid, with rounded lobes, the terminal 

 ones bristle-bearing, h. 1ft. Levant, 1629. Half-hardy. See 

 Fig. 527. (B. M. 71 ; S. F. G. 301.) 



FIG. 528. STATICE Suwouowi. 



