STATICE 



STATICE 



3231 



10. fruticans, Kuntze (Stdtice fruticans, Webb. S. arborea, 

 Brouss. 5. frutescens, Lem.). Shrub: st. short, naked, terete: Ivs. 

 at the base of the scape, leathery, ovate, obtuse, mucronate, shortly 

 attenuate to the petiole: scape low, corymbose-panicled above, it 

 and the branches puberulent, strongly compressed; branchlets 

 2-winged, wings at base very narrow, broadened upward, running 

 out into short, unequal rotundate auricles below the spike; spikelets 

 1-2-fld., very few, imbricated in very short, secund spikes: calyx 

 blue, tube glabrous, limb acutelv erose-dentate; corolla yellow. 

 Summer. Teneriffe. F.S. 4:325. H.U. 6, p. 164. Closely allied to 

 S. arborescens from which it differs in the 3 times smaller Ivs. which 

 are 1 J-i-2 in. long, the scapes 46 in., 2-edged, not winged and the 

 auricles of the branchlets rotundate. 



11. macrophyUum, Kuntze (Stdtice macrophyUa, Brouss. S. 

 Hdlfordii, Hort.: also spelled Holfordii.). Subshrub about 2 ft. 

 high: Ivs. rather glabrous, very large, sessile, obovate-spatulate, 

 very obtuse, lower part long-attenuate, obsoletely sinuate: scape 

 tall, amply and very much branched, corymbose-panicled above, it 

 and the branches winged; branchlets 3-winged, wings dilated from 

 the base upward, puberulent, net- veined, running out into short 

 obtuse auricles below the spikelets or these may be nearly obsolete; 

 spikelets 2-fld., grouped in 2's, erect at the ends of the branches: 

 calyx blue, tube puberulent, limb very obtuse, S-crenate-sinuate; 

 corolla yellow or almost white. May. Teneriffe. B.M. 4125. B.R- 

 31 :7.-^-Cult. in S. Calif. Makes a good pot-plant for winter-flow- 

 ering in a cool greenhouse. T. D. Hatfield, in G. F. 9:496, says: 

 "Old plants are somewhat subject to stem-rot. Plants should be 

 grown in rather undersized pots, in a light soil with which some 

 charcoal has been incorporated, and given perfect drainage, as 

 excessive moisture at the roots is fatal. Propagation is effected by 

 cuttings of the side shoots placed in a cool propagating-bed, or 

 better by layering, which is well accomplished in summer by mak- 

 ing a notch in each of the side branches and then burying the plant 

 in ordinary garden soil below the incisions." 



12. brassicsefolium, Kuntze (Stdtice brassicxfolia, Brouss.). 

 Fig. 3683. Subshrub, 1 }^ ft. high: Ivs. slightly short-velvety, mar- 

 gin somewhat ciliate, petioled, lyrate, terminal lobe largest, ovate- 

 rotund, often irregularly lobed, very obtusely cuspidate, base sub- 

 cordate; lateral lobes 21, ear-shaped, small, alternate, the bases 

 often confluent: scape angled, paniculate-corymbose above; 

 branches 2-winged, the wings very broad, coarsely undulate-lobate, 

 running out into large auricles below the forks; branchlets 3-winged, 

 wings dilated from the base upward running out into short, falcate 

 auricles, glabrous; spikelets 2-fld., 2 3-fascicled at the ends of the 

 branches: calyx purple, tube glabrous, limb very obtusely 5-dentic- 

 ulate-sinuate; corolla yellowish white. Aug. Canary Isls. B.M. 

 5162. 



13. imbricatum, Hubb. (Sldiice imbricata, Webb). Subshrub, 

 about 1 } 2 ft. high, the whole plant shortly soft-tomentellous: Ivs. 

 lanceolate in outline, lyrate-runcinate, lobes on both sides 8-9, the 

 upper larger, rotundate, setose-mucronate, 9-10 in. long, the lower 

 lobes remote and retrorse: scape tall, large, corymbose above; 

 branches undulately and broadly winged; branchlets 3-winged, 

 narrowly dilated from the base, riming out into short, unequal, 

 triangular auricles which are rather obtuse; spikelets 3^-4-fld., few, 

 fascicled in short spikes: calyx blue, tube somewhat hirsute, limb 

 truncate-crenulate; corolla vellowish white, July, Aug. Teneriffe. 

 F.S. 4:320-321. 



14. puberulum, Kuntze (Stdtice puberula, Webb). Subshrub, 

 4-8 in. high, the whole plant white papillate-stellate or sparsely 



Euberulous: Ivs. ovate-rhomboid, rather acute, apex bearing a 

 ristle, margin long-^iliate. short-attenuate to the equally long 

 petiole, blade ?2-?4in. long: scape low, paniculate-corymbose; 

 branches and branchlets angled, somewhat 2-edged; spikelets 2- 

 fld., a few distichously or laxly fascicled at the end of the branches: 

 calyx violet, tube glabrous, limb obsoletely 5-angled, the nerves 

 excurrent : corolla vellowish white. Julv. Canarv Isls. B.M. 3701. 

 B.R. 1450. H.F. II. 9:106. L. prof usum, Hubb. (L. puberulumX 

 L. macrophyllum, the form known horticulturally as Statice Halfordii. 

 Stdtice profusa, Hort.). Subshrub, 1-2 ft. high: Ivs. radical, 6-8 in. 

 long, oval or spatulate, wavy, leathery, shining and dark green, 

 narrower than the parents and intermediate in size between them: 

 fls. freely produced in well-branched, corymbose panicles; calyx 

 blue-purple: corolla yellowish white. A greenhouse hybrid. G. 

 8:69. G.L. 27:77. G'n.W. 22:7S2. In the greenhouse old plants 

 will attain a height of 3} 2 ft. and a diam. of 5 ft. 



15. Preauxii, Kuntze (Stdtice Preauxii, Webb). Subshrub, 2 ft, 

 high, glabrous: st. terete, naked: Ivs. basal, rotundate-triangular, 

 obtuse mucronulate, about 2 1 2 in. long and the same wide, very 

 coriaceous, base truncate and short-attenuate to a petiole 4-5 in. 

 long with a sheathing base: scape angled, branched; branches flat- 

 tened, scarcely winged: spikelets remote, in lax, rather erect, 

 secund, terminal spikes: calyx-tube glabrous, limb lavender, 

 obsoletely 5-angled; corolla pale yellow. Canary Isls. Cult, in 

 Calif. 



16. Perezii, Hubb. (Stdtice Perezii, Stapf). Subshrub, less than 

 2 ft. high: Ivs. long-petioled, broadly triangular or rhomboid-ovate, 

 base usually truncate, but short triangular decurrent on the petiole: 

 branches of infl. pubescent : bracts at the base of the branches sul- 

 cate-caudate, ciliate: calyx purplish blue, pubescent; corolla pale 

 yellow. Canary Isls. Cult, in Calif., where it is said to grow 3 ft. 

 high. 



Section 2. CTEXOSTACHYS. 



17. pectinatum, Kuntze (Stdtice pectinata. Ait.). Subshrub, gla- 

 brous, calcareous-punctate: Ivs. in a rosette at the base of the scape 

 or fascicled or solitary at the axils of the scales of the scape, obovate, 

 obtuse or retuse mucronate, attenuate to the petiole: scape erect or 

 decumbent, alternately branched, it and the branches very nar- 



rowly 3-angled to winged; spikelets 3-fld. distiehously dense- 

 imbricated, in oblong, scorpioid-spreading spikes: calyx lavender, 

 slightly pilose at base of the ribs and limb which is obtusely 5- 

 angled; corolla rose. Sept. Canary Isls. B.R. 26:65. 



Section 3. PLATHTMENIUM. 



A. Lrs. oboTate-lanceolate: spikelets S-fld 18. sinense 



AA. Lcs. oblong-spatulate: spikelets 4-5-fld 19. australe 



Subsection CHHYSAXTB^. 



18. sinense, Kuntze (Stdtice sinensis. Girard. S. F6rtunei, 

 LindL). Perennial, about 1 ft. high, glabrous: Ivs. obpvate-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, long-attenuate to the petiole: scape tall, dichotomously 

 branched a little above the base, corymbose-fastigiate, it and the 

 branches smooth, acutely angled, often 2-edged; spikelets 2-fld., 

 rather densely imbricated, in short, somewhat secund, terminal, 

 ovate-scorpioid spikes: calyx white or pale yellow, tube pilose only 

 on the ribs, limb 5-angled and folded; corolla yellow. ApriL China. 

 B.R, 31: 63. F.S. 2:92. 



19. australe, Kuntze (Stdtice australis, Spreng.). Perennial, 

 about 1 ft. high, glabrous: Ivs. oblong-spatulate, muticous, long- 

 attenuate to the petiole, 1-nerved: scape acutely angled to sulcate, 

 branched a little above the base; branches elongated, strict, sub- 

 corymbose-panicled; spikelets 4-5-fld., in straight terminal spikes or 

 secund and scorpioid, lower remote: calyx whitish, tube very 

 smooth, limb 5-lobed, lobes ovate, mucronulate: corolla yellow. 

 ApriL China, Japan, and Austral. 



3683. Limonium (Statice; brasskaefouuxn, (X?) 



Section 4. ECLIMOXICM. 



A. Calyx-limb somewhat lO-lobed, by reason of 

 the min ute teeth between the large lobes. 



B. Blades broadly orate or obotate 22. Gmelinii 



BB. Blades oblong-lanceolate. 



c. Lrs. glabrous: calyx white or bluish, tube 



more or less pilose on the ribs 20. vulgare 



cc. Lts. tomentellous: calyx-tube reddish 



Tflrtty 21. tomentellum 



AA. Calyx-limb 5-lobed. 



B. Plant 1 ft. or more high. 



c. The hs. obotale-lanceolate, canalicu- 



late-concare. acuminate 23. lychnidifolium 



cc. The Irs. oblong-elliptical, obtuse 27. latifolium 



BB. Plant 3-10 in. high. 



c. Apex of If. acute or rather so 24. binervosum 



cc. Apex of If. obtuse. 



D. Tube of calyx slightly puberulent .... 26. minutum 

 DD. Tube of calyx oppressed-hirsute or 



ciliate on the angles. 

 E. Limb of calyx reddish below, whi- 

 tish above 25. Gougetianum 



EE. Limb of calyx pure white 28. reticulatum 



Subsection GEN-CIN.E. 



20. vulgare, Mill (Staiice Limdnium, Linn. S. marUima, Lam. in 

 part.). Fig. 3684. Perennial, 6-12 in. or more high, glabrous: Ivs. 

 oblong-lanceolate, 1-nerved. cbtuse, with an incurved mucron from 

 or below the apex, attenuate to a rather long petiole at the base: 

 scape tall, nearly terete, paniculate-coryacbose above; spikelets 1-3- 

 fld., distichously and densely congested in secund, more or less 



