440 Mr.C.C. Babington on British species of Plumbaginacez. 
in the ‘ Herb. Norm.’ it is then probable that it is the older name, 
and its use there is a sufficient publication to give it the claim 
“ prioritatis lege.” 
3. S. Dodartii (Gir.) ; foliis obovato-spathulatis basi trinerviis et in 
petiolum alatum decurrentibus, scapis rigidis rectis alternatim ra- 
mosis, ramis sterilibus nullis, spiculis 2-4-floris in spicas lineares 
crassas subverticales distiche et dense imbricatis, calycis limbo 5- 
lobo denticulis intermediis nullis : lobis obtusis integris. 
S. Dodartii, Girard in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. xvii. 31. t. 4; DeCand. 
Prod. xii. 648. 
Limonium minus bellidis minoris folio, Dodart, Mem. ed. 1676, p-95. 
Scape usually not branched in its lower half in our plant; 
branches often simple, short. Outer bract acute ; inner twice as 
long, obovate-elliptical, obtuse ; both with white diaphanous mar- 
gins faintly tinged with pmk. Leaves blunt with a small mucro 
usually from just below the extremity. 
Rocky shores. Berry Head, Devon, Miss A. Griffiths. Lang- 
land Bay and Pennard, Glamorganshire. Giltar Head, Pem- 
brokeshire. | 
4, S. occidentalis (Lloyd) ; foliis lanceolato-spathulatis acutiusculis 
basi obscure trinerviis et in petiolum alatum longe attenuatis, 
scapis gracilibus flexuosis fere a basi dichotome ramosissimis, ramis 
inferioribus nonnullis sterilibus, spiculis 2—4-floris in spicas tenues 
suberectas lineares distiche imbricatis, calycis limbo 5-lobo denti- 
culis intermediis nullis : lobis obtusis integris. 
. occidentalis, Lloyd, Fl. Loire inf. 212; DeCand. Prod. xii. 648. 
- Dodartii 6. humilis, Gir. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. ii. 326. 
. lanceolata, Reich. Iconog. t. 719. f. 961. 
. cordata, G. H. Smith, Pl. of S. Kent, 18. t. 2. 
. reticulata, Hook. Fl. Scot. i. 97. 
. binervosa, G. E. Smith in Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2663. 
Scape usually branching quite from its base ; branches repeat- 
edly forked, elongated. Outer bract acute ; inner twice as long, 
obovate-cuneate, obtuse ; both with a deep pink band at the base 
of the white diaphanous margin. Leaves often rather acute, with 
a small mucro usually from below their extremity. 
On the chalk cliffs of Kent. Shingly places near Cley next 
the sea, Norfolk. Cliffs at the Mull of Galloway. Near Dublin, 
Dr. Tyacke. Cliffs near St. Helier’s, Jersey; and im Alderney. 
St. Martin’s, Guernsey, Rev. W. W. Newbould. . 
This is doubtless the Limonium minus of Ray (Syn. ed. 3. 202), 
the L. parvum of Gerard (Herb. 332; Em. 411) as supposed 
by the Rev. G. E. Smith, for the figure given by the latter author 
after Lobel (Icon. 291) can represent no other known British 
species. The sterile branches show that it is not intended for 
any variety of S. Limonium, as was supposed by Smith. It is 
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