PLUMBACJINACK^. (LKADWOKT FAMILY.) 327 



ancient Greek name of the Sauicle, of obscure meaning, strangely applied by 

 Liiinanis to this jjlaiit.) 



1 . D. Lappbnica, L- Leaves 3 - 5" long ; pedundc at length 1 - 2' long. 



Alpine summits of N. Eng. and N. Y., and norihwurd to Lab. and the 



Arctic coast. July. (Ku., Asia.) 



3. GALAX, L. 



Calyx 5-partod, imbricate, persistent. Petals .'5, hypogynous, obovate-spat- 

 ulate rather erect, deciduous. Filaments united in a lU-toothed tul^e, slightly 

 cohering with the base of the petals, tlie 5 teeth oi)posite the petals nakud, 

 the alternate ones sliorter and bearing roundish 1-celled anthers, which open 

 across the top. Style short , stigma 3-lobed. Capsule ovoid, 3-celled ; colu- 

 mella none. Seeds numerous, the cellular loose coat tapering to each end. — 

 Evergreen herb, with a thick matted tuft of scaly creeping rootstocks, beset 

 with fibrous red roots, sending up round heart-shaped crenate-toothed and 

 veiny sinning leaves (about 2' wide) on slender petioles, and a slender naked 

 scape, 1 -2° high, bearing a wand-like spike or raceme of small and minutely- 

 bracted white flowers. (Name from yd\a, milk,— oi no conceivable applica- 

 tion to this ])l:Ult.) 



1. G. aphylla, L. — Open woods, Va. to Ga. June. 

 Okdkr (;0. plumb AGIXACE^. (Leadwokt Family.) 



Mdnlinie herbs, with regular o-7nerous Jlowers, a plaited calyx, the 5 sta- 

 7nens oppo.^ite the separate petals or the lobes of the corolla, and the free ovary 

 one-celled, with a solitarij ovule hanging from a long cord ivhich rises from 

 the base of the cell. — Only the Statjcp:.k or i\L\RSH-RosEMARY Tribe 

 is represented in our region, in gardens by the Thrift (Ai'meria vulgaris), 

 on the coast by a single species of 



1. STATICE, Tourn. Sea-Lavender. Marsh-Kosemarv. 



Flowers scattered or loosely spiked and 1-sided on the branches, 2 - 3-bracted. 

 Calyx funnel-form, dry and mend)ranaceous, persistent. Corolla of 5 nearly or 

 quite distinct petals, with long claws, the .5 stamens severally attached to their 

 bases. Styles 5, rarely 3, separate. Fruit membranous and indehiscent, in 

 the bottom of the calyx. Embryo straight, in mealy albumen. — Sea-side per- 

 ennials, with thick and stalked radical leaves; the naked flowering stems or 

 scapes branched into ])anicles (SroTi/fT?, an ancient name given to this or some 

 other herb, on account of its astringency ) 



1. S. Limdnium, L. Root thick and woody, very astringent; leaves 

 oblong, spatulate or ol^ovate-lanceolate, 1 -ribbed, tipped with a deciduous bristly 

 point, petioled ; scape much-branched, corymbose-panided (1-2° high) ; spike- 

 lets 1 -3-flowered ; flowers lavender-color; calyx-tube hairy on the angles, the 

 lobes ovate-triangular, with as many teeth in the sinuses. (Eu.) 



Var. Carolini^na, Gray, the plant of the Northern States, has more erect 

 branches, rather ])anicled inflorescence with at length scattered floweri^, and 

 very acute or acuminate calyx-lobes. — Salt marshes along the coas^, from 

 Lab. to Tex. Aug., Sept. 



