cent, membranous at the edges, and rather longer than the tube of 
the calyx. F.Lowers sessile, two or three together at the extremities 
of the branches of the panicle. Caryx funnel-shaped; the tube 
oblong, two lines long, angular, pubescent, reddish or brown; the 
limb scariose, of a rich purple, folded at first, afterwards spreading, 
orbicular, slightly crenate, smooth, about two lines in diameter. 
Coro.ta divided nearly to the base into five linear-oblong, retuse, 
white petals, of the length of the flowering calyx. 
Poputar aNp GeoGRapHicaL Notice. Linneus comprehended 
under the name of Statice the Thrifts which have the flowers in close 
heads, as well as others which, like the present species, have the 
flowers distinct and spicate, or paniculate. Necker, followed by 
Brown, proposed to separate them, reserving the name of Statice to 
the ifts,and giving tothe remainder that of Taxanthemum; but 
Wildenow’s nomenclature is more generally adopted, the Thrifts being 
designated by the old name Armeria, and Linneus’s name of Statice 
adopted for Necker’s Taxanthema. This is the most numerous of 
the two, and a very handsome genus, chiefly confined to mari- 
time stations in almost every part of the world; but the greater 
number of species are from the south of Europe and the north of 
‘Africa. The present one, with many others of the handsomest among 
them, is a native of the Canary Islands. eB. 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CULTURE. The Statice pube- 
rula was introduced some years since, by means of seeds collected by 
P. B. Webb, Esgq., and cultivated in his garden at Milford House, near 
Godslining. Our drawing was made in June, from a plant which was 
obligingly communicated from the Birmingham Horticultural Society's 
garden. It requires protection in a greenhouse or frame, during winter, 
but flowers in the greatest perfection when planted out, during the 
_ summer, in the open borders; where it becomes very showy, from the 
bright purple of its calyx. It may be propagated by division, cut- 
tings, or seeds. A plant is sometimes met with in the nurseries under 
the name Statice foliosa, which seems to be identical with the present 
species. 
DERIVATION OF THE NaMES 
ae rhe a the Greek carin, a herb so called from its astringency, and to 
botanists have referred our Statice. Puservta, slightly 
wry. 
SynonyMe. 
Statice puBervuta, P. B. Webb: Botanical Register, t. 1450. 
