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transverse undulatis reduplicato-valvatis, ima basi vix connatis. 
Corollæ infundibularis tubus tenuis; limbi campanulati lobis integris 
v. sub-3-dentatis, tortis. Stamina D, nisi ima basi libera (Plumbaginis). 
Germen apice attenuatum; stylo gracili, apice in ramos 5 introrsum 
dite papillosos diviso. Fructus calyce inclusus, basi circumcissus et 
a basi 5-valvis. — Frutices v. suffrutices; ramis rigidulis; folis 
alternis integris, aut petiolatis, aut cordato-amplexicauhibus ; inflo- 
rescentia terminali composite racemiformi; pedicellis brevibus persis- 
tentibus ; bractea bracteolisque parvis. ({ndia, Arabia, Africa austr.") 
II. STATICEÆ. 
3. Statice L.— Flores regulares; calyce plerumque infundibulari; 
tubo 5-10-costato; costis superne per paria coalitis ; limbo scarioso 
reduplicato-plicato; plicis extus prominulis induplicatis; costis in 
aristas 5 excurrentibus; nunc ad cristas plumosas v. ad mucrones 
recurvos reductis. Petala 5, basi attenuata ibique in tubum brevem 
inter se et cum slaminum basibus incrassato-glandulosis connata, 
nunc altius in tubum coalita; limbi lobis tortis obovatis v. 2-fidis. 
Stamina 9, oppositipetala ; filamentis nisi ima basi liberis gracilibus; 
antheris introrsis, 2-rimosis. Germen liberum, 1-loculare, 5-gonum; 
stylis ad angulos liberis v. basi breviter connatis, mox liberis, apice 
capitatis v. inflato-reniformibus, nunc oblique oblongis v. minimis et 
superne longitrorsum papillosis ; ovulo Plumbaginis. Fructus calyce 
inclusus siccus membranaceus indehiscens, v. vertice indurato cum 
stylis deciduo, v. nunc varie ruptilis. Semen e placenta lateraliter 
libera dependens; albumine parco v. copioso; embryone axili v. 
excentrico longitudine æquali. — Herbæ annuæ v. sæpius perennes 
v. suffrutices plus minus erinacei; foliis basilaribusrosulatis v. altius 
alternis, nunc ad squamas parvas reductis, sæpius membranaceis 
planis, integris v. sinuato-pinnato-pinnatifidis dissectisve, v. (Arme- 
riastrum) confertis rigidis lineari-subtriquetris acerosis v. spinescen- 
tibus ; floribus secus scapos simplices v. plus minus ramosos, teretes 
v. alatos, in cymas dispositis paucis; bracteis cymas subtendentibus 
Spec. 2. Wir, Icon.,t. 1075. — Hanv., F1. brit. Ind., HI, 481. — Boss, FL. or IV, 
€ t: 198 — 220. 
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Thes. C. B. CLKE, in Hook. f.  876.— Dazz., Bomb. F1, 
