Plantagiuea.~] FLORA OF TASMANIA. 801 
littoralis (Br. Prodr. 42S) ; polymorpha. irlabra. eauh pr»-i; 
ascendentibus Miosis, foil Lite v. anguste lamvolatis spatliulatisvc, iloribus 
axillaribus solitariis v. ad apices ramorum subcorymbosis, pedicellis aiillaribm I 
superi laciniis angustis acuminatis.— A. DC. Prodr. viii. 73 ; Fl. X. 'Aval. i. ^07. Sheffiel Ua 
Gen. PL 18. t. 9 ; Linn. Suppl. 135. S. incana, Lab. Xor. Hull. i. 40. (. 54. 
Hab. Abundant on all the coasts, especially in saline mini, etc.— (Fl. ail Sir.;.! 
Distrib. Coasts of tropical and extratropical Australia, New Zealand, Pol} 
Nat. Ord. LXII. PLUMBAGINEjE. 
With the exception of the common tropical littoral .F :i ' <r,r,s of India, which inhabit! the north 
coasts of Australia,. and the ubiquitous Plumbago Zeykmea (also a tropical plant), then is hut one genu 
of the Order known to inhabit that vast continent, to which however (and Tasmania) the species is peculiar, 
and is the sole representative of the great genus Statice of Europe and W eaten Asia. 
Gen. I. STATICE, I. 
Calyx tubulosus v. infundibuliformis, limbo scarioso pKcato B-nervi, 5-(r:irissiinr 1"- N 
polypetala v. gamopetala. Stamina 6, corolkr inaerta. Ovarium obkmgnm v. 
latum. Sti/li 3-5, distinct! v. basi cormati. Ufriculns membranaceous. Semen ftlbuminoi 
suffrutices; rhizomate duro ; foliis rod 
Statice Australia is the only Australian species, and scarcely differs & m the Bur 
the angled branches of the panicle. It is a rigid, saline lierb, with a hard, wood) rhizome, g 
spathulate, rather coriaceous, radical leaves, 1-2 inches long, and branching, angl. d 
spikelets of flowers. (Name from orau£a>, to stop ; in allusion to some suppo 
1. Statice Australia (Spreng. Syst. Yeg. i. 959) ; glabra, foliis petiolatis oblongo-spathulatis ob- 
tusis muticis 1-nerviis, scapis acute angulatis sulcatis subcorymboso-paniculatis, ramis atricti* elongatu, 
spicis ovatis secundis, spiculis 4-5-floris appressis inferioribus distantibus, bracteis ovatis carina) is acntis 
nervo percurrente dorso herbaceis margine membranaceis, calycis tubo basi obliquo glaberriino limbi lobis 
5 ovatis mucronulatis.-i^W in DC. Prodr. xii. 642. Taxanthema AustraHs, Br. Prodr. 427. (Gum, 
' Hab. Common on the coasts, in mud, at high-water mark, with Salicomia, etc.-(Fl. March.) 
Distrib. Shores of tropical and extratropical Australia. 
Nat. Obd. LXIII. PLANTAGINEiE. 
Gen. I. PLAXTAGO, L. 
Mores hermaphroditi, spicati v. capitati, bracteati. Sepala 4, suhaqualia. 
4-loba, persistens, marginibus loborum plerumque involutis. 8(amu 
flaccidis, antheris magnis cordatis. Ovarium 2-4-loculare, loculis 1-8- 
membranacea, basi circumscissa, septo demum libero faciebus seminifens. 8cm** hilo \en ra i, in cap- 
sulis polyspermis parva, in 2-spermis cymbiformia; testa mucilaginosa, albuminc eta - 
hilo parallelo recto v. curvato.-Herb* caulescentes , acauto ; foliis ^risaue ****** radicals, ere*. 
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