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1. LIMO'NIUM Mill. (Statice Linn., ed. viii.) 

 Sea-Lavender. 



* L. pinnately mined. Cal.-segm. with intermediate teeth. 



1. L. vulgar e (Mill.) ; 1. elliptic-oblong stalked mucronate 

 1-ribbed strongly veined, st, subterete branched above corym- 

 bose, spikelets 1 3-fiowered ascending forming dense 2-ranked 

 patent or recurved spikes, cal. -segments entire acute, outer bract 

 pointed rounded on the back. E. B. 102. S. Limonium (L.) 

 ed. viii. St. 6 18 in. high, usually not branched in its lower 

 half, often not until near the corymbose top. Spikes short ; 

 spikelets densely imbricate. Fl. purplish. ft. pyramidale 

 (Druce) ( = S. serotina G. & G., ed. viii.); pan. lax much 

 spreading. Sy. E. B. 1157. [A hybrid between Sp. 1 & 2 is 

 reported.] Muddy salt marshes, ft. Southern coast. P. VII. 

 IX. E. S. 



2. L. humile (Mill.) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate stalked mucronate 

 1-ribbed faintly veined, st. slightly angular usually branched 

 from below the middle panicled, spikelets 1 3-fl.oweivd uni- 

 lateral rather distant forming lax erect or incurved spikes, cal.- 

 segments acute denticulate, outer bract pointed keeled on the 

 back. S. Bahusiensis (Fr.) ed. viii. 8. rariflora Drej. E. B. S. 

 2917. St. 6 18 in. high, not corymbose, much branched below. 

 Spikes long ; spikelets often 1 -flowered, not imbricate. Fl. 

 purplish. Muddy salt marshes. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



** L. not pinnately veined. Cal.-segm. without interm. teeth. 



3. L. recur'vum (C. E. Salmon) ; 1. obovate-spathulate nar- 

 rowed into a broadly winged stalk 3-veined balow, st. rigid with 

 thick but not sterile branches, spikelets 2 4-fiowered densely 

 imbricate 2-ranked forming linear thick suberect spikes, cal.- 

 segments blunt entire. Si/. E. B. 1160. S. Dodartii (Gir.) 

 ed. viii. St. usually not branched in its lower half; branches 

 often simple, short. Inner bracts obovate, very blunt, with 

 white margins or slightly pink. FL purple. Anth. linear. 

 Rocky shores. Portland. Hensloiv ! P. VII. VIII. E. 



[_L. lychnidifolium (0. Kuntze) ; 1. obovate-spathulate usually apiculate 

 with broadly-winged 5 9-veined stalks, st. stout tapering upwards very 

 rarely with sterile branches, scales at base of branches large ovoid-tri- 

 angular, spikelets usually 2- flowered densely imbricate 2-ranked forming 

 thick patent or nearly horizontal spikes, cal.-segm. short very obtuse ribs 

 hairy. J. of B. xxxix. (1901) p. 193, t. 422. Rootstock stoilt woody. St. 

 branching 5- tc f of its length. L. thick leathery. Inner bracts roundish 



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