160 PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. QcL. V. 



Germen egg-shaped, large. Styles none; stigmas four, obtuse, 

 permanent. Capsule egg-shaped, four-cornered, four-celled, four- 

 valved; receptacles four, linear, abruptly terminating the parti- 

 tions, which are from the middle of each valve. Seeds numerous, 

 oblong. Named from Mount Parnassu*. 174. 



1. P. palustris. Common Grass of Parnassus. Leaves heart-shaped ; 

 bristles of each nectary numerous. Stems about six inches high, angu- 

 lar, twisted. One of the most beautiful and elegant of our native plants. 

 Perennial : flowers in September and October : grows in boggy places : 

 frequent. Common in Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 82. Eng. Ft. 

 vol.ii. p. 114. 480. 



PENTAGYNIA. 



90. STA'TICE. THRIFT. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, funnel-shaped ; tube contracted ; 

 limb undivided, plaited, membranous, permanent. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, of five petals, contracted and united at the base, dilated 

 upwards, obtuse, spreading. Filaments awl-shaped, shorter than 

 the petals; anthers oblong. Germen roundish, very minute. 

 Styles thread-shaped, spreading, permanent; stigmas acute. Cap- 

 sule oblong, membranous, one-celled, one-valved, with five points ; 

 covered by the permanent calyx. Seed solitary, oblong. Named 

 from statizo, to stop, on account of its having been supposed to 

 check dysentery. 175. 



1. S. Armtria. Common Thrift. Sea Gillijiower. Stalks simple ; 



flowers in a head ; awns of the calyx minute ; leaves linear. Root 



long, branched, woody : stalks from three to nine inches high : flowers 

 numerous, rose-coloured, forming a close head. Perennial : flowers in 

 July and August : grows on the sea-shore, in sandy ground, and the 

 clefts of rocks : common : also on the summits of high mountains. Eng. 

 Bot. vol.iv. pi. 226. Eng. FL. vol. ii. p. 115. 481. 



2. S. plantaginea. Plantain-leaved Thrift. Stalks simple ; flowers in 

 a head ; awns of the calyx long ; leaves between linear and lance-shaped. 



Distinguished from the former by its broader leaves, and the long 



teeth to its calyx : flowers pale-purple. Perennial : flowers in June and 

 July : grows in the island of Jersey, where it was discovered by Mr. W. 

 C. Trevelyan, in 1833. Brit. Fl. 4th ed. p. 130. 482. 



3. S. Limonium. Lavender Thrift. Stalks panicled ; leaves ellipti- 

 cal, smooth, bristle-pointed. Root woody : leaves leathery : panicle 



with several clone spikes of erect blue flowers. Perennial : flowers in 

 July and August : grows on the sea-shore, in England, Ireland, and the 

 south of Scotland : frequent. Eng. .Bot. vol.ii. pi. 102. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 116. 483. 



4. S. spathnldta. Upright -spiked Thrift. Stalks panicled with two- 

 rowed branches and erect spikes ; leaves spatulate, with a minute point 



from the midrib, at the tip. Leaves leathery, three-ribbed at the 



base : stalk slightly waved above. Perennial: flowers in August: grows 



