296 52. Statice. 20. STATICINiE. PI. ex. cor. 



I. 52. STATICE. Dalechamp. Thrifi. 

 Involucrum many-flowered, scariose, many-leaved, re- 

 flexed at bottom, sheathing the scape ; calyx scariose, 

 plaited; stameris 5. — Leaves small, radical; scapes many, 

 naked ; flowers capitate, terminal. 



Statice pulchellum. Handsome thrift. 



heaves linear, flat, obtuse, flaccid. 



Statice montana minor, Raii Syn. 203. 



Caryophyllus marinus minimus Lobelii, Ger. em. 602, 1. 



Gramen marinum minus, Park. 1279. 



Statice Anneria, Lin. S. P. 394. 



Sea gilliflower. Thrift. Sea-grass. Our ladies cushion. 



Sea-shores and alpine places ; peren. ; July and August. 

 Root woody ; leaves in tufts, linear, bald ; scape downy ; 

 flowers rose-coloured. 



II. 53. LIMONIUM. Dioscorides. Sea-lavender. 

 Involucrum scariose, 3 or 4-leaved, 1-flowered. — Leaves 



cauline, spread ; flowers sessile, distant, in a longitudinal 

 series. 



Limonium commune. Common sea-lavender. 



Stem panicled, round; leaves oblong, bald, obtuse, be- 

 neath mucronate, edge undulated. 



Limonium, Raii Syn. 201, 1 ; Ger. em. 411, 1. 

 Limonium majus vulgatius. Park. 1234. 



Sea-shores ; perennial ; July and August. 

 Root woody ; leaves not in the least cut; scape alternately 

 branched ; twigs corymbose ; flowers sky-blue. 



(3. minus. Plant much smaller ; leaves pointed, tapering 

 to the bottom. 



Limonium minus, Raii Syn. 202, 2. 

 Limonium parvum, Ger. em. 411,2. 



y. ohtusum. Plant smaller ; leaves short, blunt, tapering 

 at bottom. 



^. serotinum. Leaves long, taper, pointed ; flowers late. 



Limonium Anglicum minus, caulibus ramosioribus, floribus in spicis 

 rarius sitis, Dillen in Raii Syn. 202, 3. 



2. Limonium reticulatum. Network sea-lavender. 



Stem diffused, prostrate, panicled ; barren branches naked, 

 bent back ; leaves wedgeshape, unarmed ; scales of the in- 

 volucrum smooth. 



Statice reticulatum, Lin. S.P. 394. 



Sea -shore; perennial ; July and August. 



