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3. A. cephalotes. A taller species when fully developed 

 than either of the foregoing, the scapes rising to a height of 

 12 to 18 inches or more. Leaves broadly-lanceolate, glabrous, 

 acute. Flowers deep rose or crimson. Native of the Mediter- 

 ranean region. 



2. STATICE. 



In floral characters this genus is very near the last, but the 

 disposition of the flowers is very different, being in spicate 

 secund or distichous bracteate panicles. Leaves all or nearly 

 all radical and rosulate, spathulate or oblong, not linear. 

 There are about fifty species, chiefly abundant in the saline 

 districts of Western Asia. The name is derived from erraT:'&>, 

 to stop, in reference to the astringent properties of some of the 

 species. 



1. S. Limonium. Sea Lavender. This is the commonest 

 and the largest of the indigenous species. It is technically 

 distinguished from the others by the calyx-lobes being furnished 

 with intermediate teeth. Flowers lilac-blue or white. S. Ba- 

 husiensis, syn. S. rariflora^ is a variety with lax spikelets. 

 Native of the coast of England and extreme South-west of 

 Scotland, flowering from July onwards till late in Autumn. 



2. S. elata (fig. 205), syn. Goniollmon elatum. This is a 



Fig. 205. Statice elata, (J, na t. size.) 



handsome species from Siberia, with bright green glabrous 

 foliage, and blue flowers, produced from July to September. 



