160 PENTANDHIA PENTAGYNIA. [cL. V. 



flattened. Germen egg-shaped, large. Styles none ; stigmas 

 four, obtuse, permanent. Capsule egg-shaped, four-cornered, 

 four-celled, four-valved ; receptacles four, linear, abruptly ter- 

 minating the partitions, which are from the middle of each valve. 

 Seeds numerous, oblong. Named from Mount Parnassus. 1 74. 



1. P. paliistris. Common Grass of Parnassus. Leaves heart- 

 shaped; bristles of each nectary numerous. Stems about six 



inches high, angular, twisted. One of the most beautiful and elegant 

 of our native plants. Perennial: flowers in September and October: 

 grows in boggy places : frequent. Common in Scotland: Eng. Bot. 

 vol. ii. pi. 82. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 114. 480. 



PENTAGYNIA. 



90. STA'TICE. THRIFT. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, funnel-shaped ; tube contracted ; 

 limb undivided, plaited, membranous, permanent. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, of five petals, contracted and united at the base, 

 dilated upwards, obtuse, spreading. Filaments awl-shaped, 

 shorter than the petals ; anthers oblong. Germen roundish, very 

 minute. Styles thread-shaped, spreading, permanent ; stigmas 

 acute. Capsule oblong, membranous, one-celled, one-valved, 

 with five points ; covered by the permanent calyx. Seed soli- 

 tary, oblong. Named from statizo, to stop, on account of its 

 having been supposed to check dysentery. 175. 



1. S. Armeria. Common Thrift. SeaGilliflower. Stalks simple ; 



flowers in a head ; awns of the calyx minute ; leaves linear. 



Root long, branched, woody : stalks from three to nine inches high : 

 flowers numerous, rose-coloured, forming a close head. Perennial : 

 flowers in July and August : grows on the sea-shore, in sandy ground, 

 and the clefts of rocks : common : also on the summits of high 

 mountains. Eng. Bot. vol. iv. pi. 226. Eng. Fl.vol.ii. p. 115. 481. 



2. S. plantaginea. Plantain-leaved Thrift. Stalks simple ; flowers 

 in a head ; awns of the calyx long ; leaves between linear and lance- 

 shaped. Distinguished from the former by its broader leaves, 



arid the long teeth to its calyx : flowers pale -purple. Perennial : 

 flowers in June and July: grows in the island of Jersey, where it 

 was discovered by Mr. W. C. Trevelyan, in 1833. Brit. Fl. 4th ed. 

 p. 130. 482. 



3. S. Limonium. Lavender Thrift. Stalks panicled ; leaves ellip- 

 tical, smooth, bristle-pointed. Root woody : leaves leathery : 



panicle with several close spikes of erect blue flowers. Perennial : 

 flowers in July and August ; grows on the sea-shore, in England, 

 Ireland, and the south of Scotland : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. 

 pi. 102. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 116. 483. 



4. S. spathuldta. Upright-spiked Thrift. Stalks panicled with 

 two- rowed branches and erect spikes ; leaves spatulate, with a mi- 

 nute point from the midrib, at the tip. Leaves leathery, three- 

 ribbed at the base: stalk slightly waved above. Perennial: flowers 



