1718 



STAPHYLEA 



with 1 or few subglobose rather large, bony seeds in 

 each cell. 



A. Lvs. S-foUolate. 

 B. Middle leaflet short-stalked: panicle sessile. 

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

 spreading slender branches ; Ifl^. I'ImihIIv oval to ovate, 

 shortly acuminate, crenati ly -. ir;it.-. with awned teeth, 

 light green, almost glabroii - . r,-J'j m. Inug: Ms. about 

 ii in. long, in loose, erect i.amcl. s _'-:i in. long; sepals 

 yellowish white, little shorter th:iu the white petals; 

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

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



2393. Staphylea trifolia C 



BB. Middle leaflet slender-stalked : panicles stalked. 

 trifdlia, Linn. American Bladdek NnT. Fig. 2393. 

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

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

 slightly pubescent beneath or almost glabrous, lM-3 in. 

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

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

 capsule much inflated, usually 3-lobed, lJ^-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. raceme.s: fr. often 2-lobed, 

 IVs-iy^ in. long. 



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

 panicles stalked. 



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

 subglobose. 

 pinna,ta, Linn. Upright shrub, attaining 15 ft., some- 

 times tree-like: lfts. 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 apes, 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 obovateobiong. 



Cdlchica, 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. 13^-2 in. long. Mav, June. Cau- 

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

 P. 1879, p. 123. G.C. II. 11:117; III. 2:713; 10:101. 

 ..G.'18:423. Gt. 24:8.37; 37, p. 501. Gn. 34, p. 281.-Var. 



ConlombUri, Zabel ( 

 vigorous growth, wiili .1 

 longer-stalked ; Id 1 

 capsule 2-4 in. l..!- 



S. Bdlanderi, A. i.i in 

 oval or almost orl.icuiai , : 

 serted: fr. 2]4 in. Ions. <-'■! 

 Intermediate between and 

 nata and Colchica: lfts. usu 

 ding. A very free-flowering 



Coulomhi 



AndTi). 



Of 



Irgans. Zabel. 



large and nod- 

 L tinged fls. is 



STATICE 



var. Hessei. Zabel.— S.^mSrfi', Wall. Shrub or small tree: lfts. 

 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. Slapelia Asterias. 



STAR GRASS is Chluris truncata. 



STAR OF BETHLEHEM. Ornithogaliim umbella- 



STAR THISTLE. Centaurea. 

 STAR TULIP. Calochortiis. 

 STARWORT. Aster. 



STATICE (from a Greek name meaning astringent, 

 given by Pliny to some herb). Plumbagindcece. 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, Arma- 

 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. 



INDEX. 



anstralis, 8. Fortuni, 8. maritima, 9. 



Besseriana. 6, 11. Gmelini, 10. nan.i, 6. 



Bonduelli, 7. Holfordi, 4. sinuata, 3. 



collina, 11. incana, 6. speciosa, 5, 



eLata, 13. latilolia, 14. superba, 2. 



eximi.i, 12. Limonium, 9. .Suworowi. 1. 



flore-albo. 2. macrophylla, 4. Tatarica, G. 



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 clustei's. 

 B. Branches winged. 



c. Calyx blue: corolla white. 



D. Plant herharrous 3. sinuata 



DD. I'liitit shnihl.ii 4. macrophylla 



CC. Cahl.r irlilish: r,.r,,lla l.bn... 5. SpeciOSa 

 CCC. Cahl.r ,ir, , II ,• r irl, ,t i sli : i:>rnlla 



ri'ddish C. Tatarica 



cccc. Cah/x and corolla yellow 7. Bonduelli 



BB. Branches terete or simply angled. 



c. Fls. yellow 8. australia 



CC. Fls. not yellow. 

 D. Calyx blue. 



E. Petioles rather long 9. Limonium- 



EE. Petioles short or none 10. Gmelini 



DD. Cat If X whitish or green 



E. Bracts green 11. collina 



EE. Bracts irhitr-liui lyillnl. 



F. Spiki h Is -i-fhl 12. eximia 



FFF. Hpiki'Ul.i 7 ffr/.... !.!.'l4,' latiJolia 



1. Suwdrowi, Kegel. A tall annual: lvs. radical, ob- 

 lancenlate. obtuse, mucronate, 0-8 in. long; margins en- 

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



