656 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: BOTANY. 



mucronate ; the others generally orbicular, muticous. Calyx-teeth triangu- 

 lar, cuspidate ; calyx-ribs long-hirsute. 



Height 17 cm. Leaves to 8 cm. by i mm. 



S. Patagon., by Bahia Grande. 



2. LIMONIUM Adans., 1763. (Statice Willd., 1798, 



and Benth. & Hook, etc.) 



Herbs, mostly with flat, basal leaves; and minute flowers in i-3-flowered, 

 bracted spikelets, arranged in paniculate, i -sided, branching scapes. Calyx 

 usually lo-ribbed, 5-toothed. Petals 5, clawed ; stamens adnate to their 

 base. Fruit indehiscent, or with a lid, or dehiscing irregularly. Styles 

 distinct ; stigma bare. 



Species 120, cosmopolitan. 



i. L. BRASILIENSE (Boiss. sub Statice] O. Ktze. 



Glabrous Leaves oblong, i -nerved, obtuse or retuse, attenuate-petio- 

 late. Scape tall, fistular, paniculately branching. Bracts red-margined, 

 carinate, mucronate. 



(S. Brazil.) 



L. BRASILIENSE ANTARCTICUM Boiss. 



Low and corymbose ; bracts shorter than in the normal species, obtuse. 



N. Patagon., in salt-marshes. "Guaicuru" of the natives who make 



from its roots a red decoction, using it as medicine for the blood. (J. Ball.) 



2. L. PATAGONICUM (Speg. Sub Statice]. 



Perennial, with a woody caudex. Leaves lanceolate or obovate, long- 

 petiolate, thickish. Scapes terete below, simple, corymbosely branching 

 above, 1520 cm. high. Branchlets slender, straight. Spikelets 2- 

 flowered, 1-2 cm. long, lax, shorter than the broad, membranaceous, lower 

 bracts. Calyx-tube with 5 hispid ribs ; its limb pale-lilac. 



Patagon., salt marshes by Rio Sta. Cruz and Rio Salado, near San 

 Julien. 



Family 87. SAPOTACE.E. 



Trees and shrubs, with milky juice and usually alternate, exstipulate, 

 petiolate, simple, entire leaves, pinnately-veined ; and rather small, axillary, 

 hermaphrodite, regular flowers. Calyx 2 + 2, or 3 + 3-merous, imbricate, 



