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STATICS. 



long corymbose panicles. Leaves, oval- 

 lanceolate, rather acute, of a deep 

 green, smooth and glossy, numerous, 

 about or \ the height of the steins, 

 which are also numerous, and grow in 

 tufts. Resembles S. latifolia some- 

 what in its flowers, but is at once dis- 

 tinguished from it by the difference of 

 the leaves. Various parts of Europe. 



Borders, and beds of the finer 



perennials, preferring a deep, stiffish, 

 moist soil. Careful division and seed. 

 Statice elata (Tall Sea Lavender). 

 Goniolimon elatum, Boiss. A handsome 

 plant of a lively green colour, grow- 

 ing in tufts 2 to 34 ft. across at the 

 top, and 20 to 30 in. high, flowers, 

 from July to September; blue or 

 bluish-violet, in long panicles. Leaves, 

 1 ft. to 16 in. long, and 4 to 6 in. 

 or more broad, almost all radical, 

 oboval, very obtuse, with a short 

 sharp point at the end, narrowed into 

 a foot-stalk, twisted and wavy at the 

 edges. Stems much-branched above ; 

 branchlets hairy, triangular. Southern 



Russia. Borders, in good deep 



loam. Seed or careful division of 

 well-established plants in autumn. 



Statice eximia (Rosy Sea Lavender). 

 A handsome kind, 1 to 2 ft. high. 

 Floicers, in summer ; numerous, small, 

 white at first, afterwards rosy-lilac, 

 in a large branching panicle. Leaves, 

 glaucescent, almost all radical, oblong 

 or obovate, obtuse, shortly mucronate, 

 abruptly contracted into a long foot- 

 stalk, with a narrow margin slightly 



ttisped or waved. Central Asia. 



The mixed border, and the lower parts 

 of the rock-garden, in good sandy 

 loam. Seed and careful division. 



Statice globularisefolia (Globularia- 

 leaved Sea Lavender). A dwarf neat 

 species, 8 to 18 in. high. Flowers, 

 from May to September ; white, ar- 

 ranged in threes in loose unilateral 

 spikes, and surrounded by pointed 

 bracts membranous at the edges. 



Leaves, slightly glaucous, oboval- 

 spoon- shaped, acute, rarely blunt- 

 ish, with a short point at the 

 end, and narrowed into the leafstalk. 



France. Borders, in ordinary sandy 



soil; also among the less delicate 

 plants in the rock-garden. Careful 

 division and seed. 



Statice incana (Hoary Sea Lavender). 

 Goniolimon callicomum, Boiss. A 

 handsome much branching perennial, 

 from 1 to l^ ft. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; crimson, with a white calyx, 

 in numerous short two-rowed spikes. 

 Leaves, radical, oval, pointed, smooth, 

 tinged with reddish-purple on the 

 upper side, arranged in a rosette. 



Central Asia. The rock-garden 



among the stouter plants, or borders, 

 in deep sandy loam. Seed. 



Statice latifolia (Great Sea Lavender). 

 A noble species growing 20 in. to 

 2 5 ft. high. Flowers, late in summer.* 

 blue, in an elegant broad panicle, the 

 colour of which is a light blue with a 

 greyish tinge from the numerous mem- 

 branous bracts and scarious calyces. 

 The inflorescence forms a dense round 

 mass, composed of countless ramifica- 

 tions of flowering branchlets, and is 

 most ornamental and peculiar in aspect. 

 Leaves, radical, very broad, oblong- 

 elliptical, obtuse, disposed in a rosette 

 or tuft from 8 to 10 in. high and as 



much across. Russia. Borders, 



and as isolated tufts on the turf, or 

 in beds of the finer autumn - flower- 

 ing perennials. Careful division and 



Statice Limoninm (Common Sea La- 

 vender). A British plant, found in 

 salt marshes by the sea ; 6 to 18 in. 

 high. Flowers, late in summer ; pur- 

 plish, in densely imbricated spikelets 

 arranged in a corymbose panicle. 

 Leaves, nearly all radical, smooth, 

 oblong or oblong-lance-shaped, attenu- 

 ated at the base. There is a variety 

 with white flowers (&'. L. flor. alb.). 



