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STATICE 



STATICE 



E. Stigmas not coiled. 



Section 4. EULIMONIUM. Species 20-28. 

 EE. Stigmas coiled: calyx indurated. 



Section 5. CIRCINARIA. Species 29. 



Subgenus I. GONIOLIMON. 



A. Interior bracts undivided 5. elatum 



AA. Interior bracts 2-3-cuspidate at the apex. 

 B. Spikelets 1 -2-fld. 



c. Branches of the panicle recurved 1. tataricum 



cc. Branches of the panicle incurved 2. collinum 



BB. Spikelets 3-4-fld. 



c. Panicle-branches narrowly 2-edged or 



winged, 3-angled 3. specipsum 



cc. Panicle-branches terete and pubescent. . . 4. eximium 



1. tataricum, Mill. (Stdtice tatdrica, Linn. Goniolimon tatdricum, 

 Boiss.). Perennial, glaucescent, about 1 ft. high: Ivs. 4-6 in. long, 

 obovate or oblong-lanceolate, very narrowly marginate, abruptly or 

 attenuately mucronate, narrowed to the petiole: scape corymbpse- 

 panicled slightly above the base; branches elongate, spreading- 

 recurved, narrowly 3- winged ; spikeletsl-2-fld. , distichously arranged 

 in rather dense terminal spikes: calyx white, green-nerved, tube 

 short-puberulent inside and out, lobes oblong, obtuse, corolla ruby- 

 red. June, July. S. Eu. , Caucasus, Russia, and Siberia. B.M. 6537. 

 Var. angustifolium, Hubb. (Stdtice tatdrica var. angustifdlia, Hort. 

 S. Besseriana, Schult. S. incdna, Bieb., not Linn. S. incana var. 

 hybrida, Hort.), has, lanceolate, narrower Ivs., often 1-fld. spikelets, 

 and glabrescent calyx-tube. Var. coccineum, Hubb. (Goniollmon 

 tatdricum var. angustifolium, Boiss. Stdtice incana var. coccinea, 

 Hort.), grows 9 in. high and has red and white fls. Var. nanum, 

 Hubb. (Stdtice tatdrica var. ndna, Hprt. S. incdna var. ndna, Hort. 

 S. incdna var. hybrida ndna, Hort.), is a dwarf strain of the species. 



3682. Limonium (Statice) Bonduellii. The flowers are about 

 ]4 inch across. 



2. collinum, Hubb. (Stdtice cottina, Griseb. S. Besseriana, Friv., 

 not Schult. Goniolimon collinum, Boiss.). Perennial, glaucescent: 

 Ivs. oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, aristate-mucronate, narrowed 

 to the petiole: scape corymbpse-panicled a little above the base; 

 branches 3-angled, spreading-incurved; spikelets 1-fld., clustered in 

 numerous short, straight, fasciculate spikes: fls. rose; calyx-tube 

 glabrous, lobes oblong, obtuse. S. E. Eu., Asia Minor, and Syria. 



3. speciosum, Kuntze (Stdtice specidsa, Linn. Goniolimon speci- 

 dsum, Boiss.). Perennial, glaucescent, about 1 ft. high: Ivs. sub- 

 orbicular or oblong-obovate, abruptly attenuate-cuspidate, shortly 

 narrowed at base: scape densely corymbose above; branches nar- 

 rowly 2-edged or winged, 3-angled; spikelets 3-4-fld., distichously 

 and densely imbricated in short scorpioid-capitate spikes: calyx 

 white, tube densely appressed-pubescent; corolla rose or purplish 

 pink, very deciduous. July. S. Russia, Caucasus. B.M. 656. L.B.C. 

 14:1336. 



4. eximium, Kuntze (Stdtice eximia, Schrenk. Goniolimon 

 eximium, Boiss.). Perennial, glaucescent, 1-2 ft. high: Ivs. oblong 

 or obovate, short-mucronate, narrowly and crisped marginate, 

 long-attenuate to the petiole: scape tall, panicled above; branches 

 terete and pubescent; spikelets about 4-fld., densely imbricated in 

 densely scorpioid-capitate spikes: fls. lilac-rose; calyx green, tube 

 appressed-pubescent, lobes white-tipped, rather acute, crenulate. 

 Aug. Cent. Asia. B.R. 33:2. Var. album, Hubb. (Stdtice eximia 

 var. alba, Hort. S. eximia ftdre-dlbo, Hort.), has large white fls. 

 Var. superbum, Hubb. (Stdtice eximia var. superba, Hort.), has 

 large spreading heads of lilac fls. Aug., Sept. 



5. elatum, Kuntze (Stdtice elata, Fisch. S. scopdria, Hort. Vilm., 

 not Pall. Goniolimon elatum, Boiss.). Perennial, green, about 2 ft. 

 high: Ivs. obovate, very obtuse, apex often retuse, shortly mucro- 

 nate, rather long-attenuate to the petiole: scape tall, elongate-pani- 

 cled above; branches hairy, 3-angled, spreading-incurved; spike- 

 lets 2-fld., loosely imbricated in distichous ovate spikes: fls. blue or 

 violet-blue; calyx-tube appressed, pubescent, lobes rather acute, 

 July, Aug. S. Russia and Siberia. 



Subgenus II. VERILIMONICM. 

 Section 1. PTEROCLADOS. 



A. Interior bracts 2-3-cuspidate at the apex: 

 wings of the scape produced below the 

 branches into If.-like linear or lanceolate 

 appendages. 

 B. Calyx-limb undivided. 



c. Limb of calyx blue or purple 6. sinuatum 



cc. Limb of calyx yellow 7. Bonduellii 



BB. Calyx-limb deeply 10-lobed 8. Thouinii 



AA. Interior bracts undivided, truncate: wings of 

 the scape, when present, interrupted below 

 the branches and produced into rotundate 

 auricles: calyx-limb blue, large, erose-trun- 

 cate. 

 B. Floral branchlets not winged. 



c. Lvs. Yz-%in, long 14. puberulum 



cc. Lvs. much longer. 



D. Blades rotundate-triangular, nearly as 



broad as long, about 2 Yi in. long ... 15. Preauxii 

 DD. Blades broad-triangular or rhomboid- 

 ovoid, longer than broad, about 5-6 



in. long 16. Perezii 



BB. Floral branchlets winged. 



c.- Inner bracts keeled, keel broadened ver- 

 tically at the top. 



D. Lvs. about 4-6 in. long: auricles of the 

 wing below the spikes triangular- 

 falcate 9. arborescens 



DD. Lvs. about 1 Yr2 in. long: auricles of 



the wings below the spikes rotundate. .10. fruticans 

 cc. Inner bracts dorsatty convex, with a 

 membranaceous colored limb at the 

 truncate apex. 



D. The hs. entire, obomte-spatulate 11. macrophyllum 



DD. The Ivs. lyrate or lyrate-runcinate. 



E. Spikelets 2-fld.: calyx-tube glabrous, 

 limb very obtusely 6-denticulate- 



sinuate 12. brassicaefolium 



EE. Spikelets 3-4-fld.: calyx-tube some- 

 what hirsute, limb truncate-crenu- 

 late 13. imbricatum 



Subsection ODONTOLEPIDE-E. 



6. sinuatum, Mill. (Sldtice sinudta, Linn.). Perennial or bien- 

 nial, 1-2 ft. high, the whole plant hispid-scabrous, the hairs from 

 tubercles: Ivs. pinnatifid-lyrate, sinuses and lobes rounded, the 

 terminal bearing a bristle: scape dichotomously paniculate-corym- 

 bose, 3-5-crimped- winged, the wings below the forks produced into 

 3 acute, linear-lanceolate appendages; branches 3- winged, the 

 wings gradually broadening from the base; spikelets 3-5-fld., in 

 short secund spikes: calyx blue or bluish, tube glabrous, limb 

 truncate, crenulate; corolla yellowish white. Aug. Medit. region. 

 B.M. 71. G.W. 7, p. 229. Usually treated as an annual. Var. 

 candidissimum, Hubb. (Stdtice sinudta var. candidlssima, Hort.), 

 has pure white fls. A good plant for edging. The material known 

 in the trade as Stdtice sinudta hybrida are hybrid forms of this 

 species. 



7. Bonduellii, Kuntze (Stdlice Bonduelli, Lest.; also misspelled 

 Bonducellii). Fig. 3682. Annual or biennial about 1 ft. or more high: 

 Ivs. radical, spreading, 3-5 in. long, spatulate, sinuate-lyrate, 

 hairy and ciliate, terminated, by a subulate point, tapering below 

 into a short winged petiole, lobes oval or rounded, sinuses obtuse, 

 terminal lobe largest, subrhomboid: scapes several, dichotomously 

 branched, rounded and hairy at base; branches triangular, wings 

 narrow, sometimes broad, running out below the forks into 2 or 3 

 linear appendages; branchlets 2-edged or 3-winged, dilated upward, 

 forked at the apex, slightly hairy; spikelets 1-3-fld.; bracts with 

 hard green spines, some subulate others semi-hastate: calyx yellow, 

 tube glabrous, limb campanulate, 5-toothed, minutely crenulate; 

 corolla deeper yellow. June-Oct. Algeria. B.M. 5158. F.S. 

 20:2129. H.F. II. 2:230. The Calif, material seems to have more 

 broadly winged branches and branchlets than usual. 



8. Thouinii, Kuntze (Stdtice Thouinii, Viv. S. segyptiaca, Pers. ) 

 Annual, glaucescent, about \Yi ft. high: Ivs. sinuate or pinnatifid- 

 lyrate, lobes and sinuses rounded, margin short-ciliate: scapes 

 corymbose above, more or less broadly 3-winged, wings produced 

 below the upper forks into 1-3 triangular-lanceolate rather obtuse 

 appendages; branches strongly dilated from the base upward, 

 running out into acute triangular appendages below the spikes; 

 spikelets 2-3-fld., distichous in short secund spikes: calyx white, 

 tube glabrous, lobes 5, triangular-lanceolate acute; corolla yellow. 

 May. Teneriffe and Medit. region. B.M. 2363. 



Subsection NOBILEB. 



9. arborescens, Kuntze (Stdtice arborescens, Brouss.). Shrub 

 about 2 ft. high: sts. terete, naked, branched only above: Ivs. 

 broad ovate-oblong, petioled, obtuse, mucronate, base attenuate, 

 leathery: scape tall, branched above, broadly and subcorymbosely 

 panicled, with the branches narrowly winged; branchlets very short, 

 3-winged, the wings narrowly dilated from the base upward and 

 running out into 3 triangular-falcate acute appendages below the 

 spike; spikelets 2-fld., laxly imbricated in fascicled short, secund 

 spikes: calyx blue, tube glabrous, limb erose-denticulate; corolla 

 yellow. July. Teneriffe. B.M. 3776. P.M. 4:217 (under the name 

 Statice arbor ea). 



