STATICE 



STATICE 



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Hoffm., not Hook.). The name pseudoarmeria has 

 also been used for two other species, but the Murray 

 definition applies to this species and his is the oldest 

 use of the name. 



14. S. undulata, Bory & Chaub. (Armeria undulata, 

 Boiss. A. argyrocephaia, Wallr.). 



The following species and varieties, all of which are in 

 the trade, are not included under Armeria in Vol. I. 

 According to Otto Kuntze and others there is but one 

 species of Statice, S. Armeria, all the others being 

 variants of this polymorphic species. The great con- 

 fusion in synonymy seems to uphold this view to some 

 extent and it is certainly questionable whether the 

 varieties of S. Armeria, S. plantaginea, and S. pseudo- 

 armeria are all of them distinct. 



1. S. fasciculate, Vent. (Armeria fasciculata, Willd.). 

 Glabrous, subshrubby at base: Ivs. glaucescent, linear, 

 canaliculate, thick, stiff and pointed: involucral Ivs. in 

 several rows, fuscous, triangular-ovate, the inner ones 

 white-margined: fls. pale pink. Spain, Corsica, and 

 Sardinia. The Ivs. are somewhat yucca-like. 



2. S. Welwitschii, Hubb. (Armeria Welwitschii, 

 Boiss.)- Base subshrubby, glabrous: Ivs. glaucescent, 

 linear, somewhat channeled, obscurely 1-nerved 

 beneath, acuminate; involucral Ivs. fuscous, white- 

 margined, lowest triangular. Portugal. 



4. S. Armeria var. variegata, Hubb. (Armeria marit- 

 ima var. laritgata, Hort.), forms prostrate masses of 

 bright golden foliage and has heads of rose fls. 



5. S. labradorica, Hubb. & Blake (Armeria labra- 

 dorica, Walk.). Lvs. glabrous, linear, flat, 1-nerved, 

 rather acute: scapes 1 or 2, low, pubescent; involucral 

 scales herbaceous on the back, the outer ovate, the 

 inner broadly membranaceous-margined. Labrador 

 and Greenland. 



8. S. caespitdsa, Ort., not Poir. (Armeria c&spitdsa, 

 Boiss. ^4. bella, Hort., not Alboff. A. c&spitbsa var. 

 i' era, Hort.). Forming dense cushions: Ivs. very short, 

 narrowly linear, triquetrous, short, white-mucronate : 

 scape pubescent; involucral Ivs. brownish: fls. in small 

 heads, blush-pink or pale lilac. Mountains of Spain and 

 Portugal. B.M. 7596. S. c&spilbsa, Poir., equals S. 

 Armeria; probably at least some of the material grown 

 as 5. csespitosa is that species. 



9. S. montana var. alba, Hubb. (Armeria alpina var. 

 alba, Hort.), is a wbite-fld. form. 



11. S. plantaginea var. alba, Hubb. (Armeria plan- 

 taginea var. alba, Hort.), has large heads of white fls., 

 1 ft. high. Var. gigantea, Hubb. (Armeria planta- 

 ginea var. gigantea, Hort.), grows 3 ft. high, has rigid 

 sts., and large heads of glistening pink fls. Var. grandi- 

 L6ra, Hubb. (Armeria plantaginea var. grandiflbra, 

 Hort.), grows 1 ft. high, and has large crimson fls. Var. 

 rdsea, Hubb. (Armeria plantaginea var. rbsea, Hort.), 

 grows 1 ft. high and has pink fls. Var. rubra, Hubb. 

 (Armeria plantaginea var. rubra, Hort.), grows 1 ft. 

 high and has red fls. Var. splendens, Hubb. (Armeria 

 plantaginea var. splendens, Hort.), grows 1-1 K ft- high 

 and has brilliant rose-colored earlier fls. May, June. 



12. S. pseudoarmeria var. alba, Hubb. (Armeria 

 cephalotes var. alba, Hort.), has white fls. Var. grandi- 

 fldra, Hubb. (Armeria cephalotes var. grandiflbra, 

 Hort.), grows 1^2 ft. high and has large heads of rose- 

 colored fls. Var. rubra, Hubb. (Armeria cephalotes var. 

 rubra, Hort.), has rosy red fls. Var. splendens, Hubb. 

 (Armeria cephalotes var. splendens, Hort.), grows about 

 18 in. high, forming large tufts of foliage and has large 

 heads of vivid rose fls. 



13. S. majellensis, Hubb. (Armeria majellensis, 

 Boiss.). Cespitose, glabrous, base hardened: sheaths 

 persistent, spreading squarrose : Ivs. spreading to some- 

 what recurved, short, stiff, rather broad-linear, margin 



cartilaginous, folded to channeled, obtuse, 3-nerved: 

 scapes medium height; heads large; involucre few- 

 rowed, pale. Italy. 



15. S. leucocephala, Hubb. (Armeria leucocephala, 

 Salzm. ex Koch). Cespitose, base hardened: sheaths 

 withering: Ivs. linear, flat, 1-nerved, margin narrowly 

 excurrent, apex shorfr-mucronate : scape slender, more 

 or less tall: involucre few-lvd., Ivs. much shorter than 

 the head: fls. white or rose. Corsica. 



Armeria arbdrea, Hort., is described in the trade as having thick, 

 woody, much-branched sts., each terminating with tufts of grass- 

 like foliage and reddish fls.; unknown botanically. A. bracteata, 

 Hort., is described as a plant about 6 in. high, with bright crimson 

 fls., flowering May- July; possibly equals Acantholimon bracteatum, 

 Boiss., which is a cespitose plant, with a compressed, head-like 

 spike, with large ovate-orbicular bracts. Var. rubra, Hort., has 

 bright crimson bracts 1-2 in. long. A. formdsa var. alba, Hort., 

 probably equals S. pseudoarmeria var. alba. Var. hybrida, Hort., is 

 not recognizable from the data at hand. A. leucophylla, Hort., is 

 described as growing 9 in. high and having pale primrose fls. ; not 

 known botanically. A. mageOdnica, Hort., is described as a pretty 

 alpine species with bright rosy crimson fls. 



LIM6NIUM (Greek, meadow or marsh, referring to the place of 

 growth of many species). Syn., Statice of most authors, not of Linn. ; 

 Goniolimon. Plumbaginacex. SEA LAVENDER. Mostly perennial 

 herbs, rarely annual or subshrubby, useful for cut-flowers and for 

 the rock-garden. 



Leaves usually radical and tufted especially, in the herbaceous 

 species, generally rather long, alternate along the st. in the shrubby 

 species, linear, spatulate oblong or obovate, sometimes pinnatind or 

 dissected: fls. blue, lavender, white, red, or yellow, in little- or 

 much-branched panicles, borne on a leafless peduncle or scape; 

 bracts subtending the fL-clusters scales-like, somewhat clasping, 

 usually coriaceous on the back, and with membranous margins, 

 usually with 1 or 2 fls. in their axils, sometimes with dense few- 

 to several-fld. spikelets; calyx funnel-shaped, often colored, 

 usually the showy part of the fl., and scarious or persistent. 

 About 180 species well scattered about the world, but mainly 

 seacoast plants of the northern hemisphere and especially numerous 

 in Asia. Limoniums are of easy cult, but prefer a rather deep, loose 

 soiL From the delicate nature of the fl.-panicles the species are 

 better suited to rockwork and isolated positions than for mixing in a 

 crowded border. Many of the species are useful for cut bloom, 

 especially for miring with other flowers. Some of the species are 

 adapted to greenhouse culture, especially the shrubby forms. 



INDEX TO LIMONIUM. 



KET TO THE SUBGENEBA AXD SECTIONS OF LIMOXIUM. 



A. Stigmas capitate. Subgenus I. GONIOLIMON. Species 1-5. 



LA. Stigmas cylindrical-filiform. 



B. Petals united in a tube, undivided. 



Subgenus III. SIPHONANTHA. Species 30-32. 

 c. Duration perennial. 



Section 1. ECSIPHONANTHA. Species 30. 

 cc. Duration annual or biennial. 



Section 2. PSTLUOSTACHTS. Species 31, 32. 

 BB. Petals only united at the tery base, if at all, undivided. 



Subgenus II. VERALTMONITTM. Species 6-29. 

 C. Corolla yellow or yellowish white (Section 3 contains a 

 few species with rose fls., but none of them occurs in 

 the trade-lists and are probably not in cult. ). 

 D. Limb of calyx strongly folded: scape and branches of 

 infl. usually winged or 2-edged-flattened (not 

 winged in Not. 14- 15, and 16; scape terete at 

 base in No. 7). Section 1. PTEBOCLADOS. Species 6-16. 

 DD. Limb of calyx lobed or erase: scape and branches of 

 infl. angled above; branchlets often articulate. 



Section 3. PLATHTMENIUM. Species 18, 19. 

 OC. Corolla rose to purple. 



D. Scapes and branches of infl. crisped-winged or 



acute-angled. Section 2. CTENOSTACHYS. Species 17. 

 DD. Scapes and branches of infl. terete, the branchlets 

 sometimes angled. 



