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STAPHYLEA 



STATICE 



with 1 or few subglobose rather large, bony seeds in 

 each cell. 



A. Lvs. 3-foliolate. 



B. Middle leaflet short-stalked: panicle sessile. 

 Bumalda, DC. Shrub, 6 ft. high, with upright and 

 spreading slender branches: Ifts. broadly oval to ovate, 

 shortly acuminate, crenately serrate, with awned teeth, 

 light green, almost glabrous, 1>2-2K in. long: fls. about 

 Yz in. long, in loose, erect panicles 2-3 in. long; sepals 

 yellowish white, little shorter than the white petals; 

 capsule usually 2-lobed, somewhat compressed, %-l in. 

 long. June. Japan. S.Z. 1:95. 



2393. Staphylea trifolia (X 



BB. Middle leaflet slender-stalked: panicles stalked. 



trifdlia, Linn. AMERICAN BLADDER NUT. Fig. 2393. 

 Upright shrub, with rather stout branches, 6-15 ft. high : 

 Ifts. oval to ovate, acuminate, finely and sharply serrate, 

 slightly pubescent beneath or almost glabrous, 1K-3 in. 

 long: fls. about % in. long, in nodding panicles or um- 

 bel-like racemes; sepals greenish white, petals white: 

 capsule much inflated, usually 3-lohed, l%-2 in. long. 

 April, May. Quebec to Ontario and Minn., south to S. 

 C. and Mo. Gt. 37, p. 529. -Var. paucifldra, Zabel. Low 

 and suckering : Ifts. smaller, broader, glabrous at 

 length: fls. in short, 3-8-fld. racemes: fr. often 2-lobed, 

 lYa-1% in. long. 



AA. Lfts. 5-7-foliolate, only occasionally 3-foliolate: 

 panicles stalked. 



B. Panicle raceme-like, oblong, pendulous : fl.-buds 



pinnata, Linn. Upright shrub, attaining 15 ft., some- 

 times tree-like: Ifts. 5-7, ovate-oblong, long-acuminate, 

 sharply and finely serrate, glabrous and glaucescent be- 

 neath, 2-3 in. long: panicles 2-5 in. long, on peduncles 

 about 2 in. long: sepals oval, whitish, greenish at the 

 base, reddish at the apex, about as long as the oblong 

 petals : capsule 2-3-lobed, much inflated, subglobose, 

 about 1 in. long. May, June. Europe to W. Asia. Gn. 

 34, p. 280. 



BB. Panicle broad, ovate, upright or nodding: fl.- 

 buds obovate- oblong. 



C61chica, Steven. Upright shrub, attaining 12 ft.: 

 Ifts. usually 5, sometimes 3, oblong-ovate, acuminate, 

 sharply serrate, glabrous and pale green beneath, 2-3 in. 

 long: panicle 2-3 in. long and almost as broad, on a pe- 

 duncle 2-3 in. long : sepals narrow-oblong, spreading, 

 yellowish white; petals linear-spatulate, white: capsule 

 obovate, much inflated, 1)^-2 in. long. May, June. Cau- 

 casus. B.M. 7383. R.H. 1870, p. 257. J.H. III. 34:183. 

 P. 1879, p. 123. G.C. II. 11:117; III. 2:713; 10:161. 

 A.G. 18:423. Gt. 24:837; 37, p. 501. Gn. 34, p. 281. -Var. 

 Coulombieri, Zabel (S. Coulombieri, AndrcS). Of more 

 vigorous growth, with denser foliage: Ivs. larger and 

 longer-stalked; Ifts. long-acuminate: stamens glabrous: 

 capsule 2-4 in. long, spreading at the apex. 



S. Bblanderi, A. Gray. Allied to S. trifolia: Ifts. broadly 

 oval or almost orbicular, glabrous : stamens and styles ex- 

 serted: fr. 2% in. long. Calif. G.P. 2:545. S. elegans, Zabel. 

 Intermediate between and supposed to be a hybrid of S. pin- 

 nata and Colchica: Ifts. usually 5: panicles very large and nod- 

 ding. A very free-flowering variety with pinkish tinged fls. is 



var. Hessei, Zabel. S. Embdi, Wall. Shrub or small tree: Ifts. 

 3, oval to oblong, 2-6 in. long: fls. in peduncled, pendulous, ra- 

 ceme-like panicles: fr. 2-3 in. long. Himalayas. 



ALFRED REHDER. 

 STAR APPLE. See Chrysophyllum. 



STARFISH FLOWER. Stapelia Asterias. 



STAR FLOWER. Aster, Trientalis, Triteleia and 

 other plants. 



STAR GRASS is Chloris trimcata. 



STAR OF BETHLEHEM. Ornithogalum umbella- 

 t ti nt. 



STAR THISTLE. Centaurea. 

 STAR TULIP. Calochortus. 

 STARWORT. Aster. 



STATICE (from a Greek name meaning astringent, 

 given by Pliny to some herb). Plumbaginacece. SEA 

 LAVENDER. About 120 species well scattered about the 

 world, but mainly seacoast plants of the northern hem- 

 isphere and especially numerous in Asia. Mostly per- 

 ennial herbs, rarely annual or shrubby, with usually 

 tufted rather long leaves (radical in the herbaceous spe"- 

 cies), and small blue, white, red, or yellow flowers. 

 Panicles little branched or much branched, spreading 

 and leafless: bracts subtending the fl. -clusters, scale- 

 like, somewhat clasping, usually coriaceous on the 

 back, and with membranous margins : fls. in dense, 

 few- to several-fld. spikelets, or 1 or 2 in the axils of a 

 bract: spikelets usually erect and unilaterally arranged 

 on the branchlets or more rarely nearly sessile in dense, 

 cylindrical spikes: calyx funnel-shaped, often colored 

 and scarious and persistent. Statice is most readily 

 distinguished from Armeria by the inflorescence, Arme- 

 ria bearing its flowers in a single globular head. 



Statices are of easy cultivation but prefer a rather 

 deep, loose soil. From the delicate nature of the fl. -pani- 

 cles the species are better suited to rockwork and iso- 

 lated positions than for mixing in a crowded border. 

 Many of the species are useful for cut bloom, especially 

 for mixing with other flowers. 



A. Fls. in long, cylindrical spikes. 



B. Spikes in an open panicle 1. Suworowi 



BB. Spikes in dense panicles 2. superba 



AA. Fls. in more or less unilateral 



spikes or clusters. 

 B. Branches winged. 



C. Calyx blue: corolla white. 



D. Plant herbaceous 3. sinuata 



DD. Plant shrubby 4. macrophylla 



cc. Calyx whitish: corolla blue... 5. speciosa 

 CCC. Calyx green or whitish: corolla 



reddish 6. Tatarica 



cccc. Calyx and corolla yellow 7. Bonduelli 



BB. Branches terete or simply angled. 



c. Fls. yellow 8. australis 



cc. Fls. not yellow. 

 D. Calyx blue. 



E. Petioles rather long 9. Limonium 



EE. Petioles short or none 10. Gmelini 



DD. Calyx whitish or green 



E. Bracts green 11. collina 



EE. Bracts white -margined. 



F. Spikelets 4-fld 12. eximia 



FF. Spikelets 2-fld 13. elata 



FFF. Spikelets 1-fld 14. latifolia 



1. Suwbrowi, Regel. A tall annual: Ivs. radical, ob- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate, 6-8 in. long; margins en- 

 tire or sinuate: scapes several, stout, obtusely angled, 



