PLUMBAGINACE^. 15V 



Ilcrbs with the leaves all radical, linear, loratc or oblanccolate. 

 Scapes uixbranchcd, leafless; flowers pink, purple, rose colour, or 

 white. 



Tlie (lerivotion of tho namo of tliis plant is so uncertiiin and unsatisfuclory that wo 

 can adopt none tliat aru given. 



SPECIES I.— ARMERIA VULGARIS. /'Vh/A. 



Plates MCLII. MCLUI. 



Leaves linear, or linear-lorate or oblimccolatc-linear, acute or obtuse, 

 ] -nerved, rarely 3-nerved. Exterior bracts of the involucre mucronate 

 or acute, the interior ones scarious, obtuse, with the nerve vanishing 

 before tho apex, or slijrhtly mucronate from its being excurrent. 

 Calyx obliquely truncate at the base ; segments shortly, cuspidate. 



Var. a, maritima. 



Plate MCLII. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Holv. Vol. XVII. Tab. MCLXLVm. Fig. 1. 



Billot, Fl. Gall, ft Germ. E.x.sicc. No. 2521. 



A. maritima, Wilhl. Enum. Hort. Borol. Vol. I. p. 333. 



Staticc maritima. Sin. Engl. Bot. ed. i. No. 220. 



Leaves narrow, always 1-iierved, channeled above, bluntly keeled 

 beneath, flaccid, 



Var. ^, planifolia. 



Plate MCLIII. 



A. vulgaris, var. pubescens ? Reich, fil. Vol. XVII. p. 67. 



Statice clongata, var. pubescens ? Koch, Sjn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. p. 683. 



Leaves broadly linear, sometimes 3-nerved, flat above, with the 

 midrib impressed, slightly convex beneath, firm. Plant paler green 

 than in var. a. 



On rocks, pu.stures, and the drier part of salt marshes by the sea. 

 Also on rocks and damp places on mountains. Common and univer- 

 sally distributed. Var. 0, Scotch Highlands, Mr. H. C. Watson. 



England, Scotland, Ireliuid. Perennial. Spring to Autumn. 



Rootstock branched at the apex, with several heads which pro- 

 duce di'use rosettes of radical leaves, 1 to (> inches long. Leaves 

 somewhat fleshy, variable in breadtli, punctate above, and sprinkled 

 with pale immersed points on both sides, except on tho midrid, 

 glabrous or minutely ciliated. Scapes from the axils of the outer 

 leaves of the rosette, 2 inches to 1 foot high, puberulent or pubescent 



