PLUMBAGINACE^E. IGl 



Sud-Species I.— StatiCO BohOU. Prrjcr, 



Plates MCLVI. MCMA'II. 



Reieh. Tc. Fl. Oorm. ct Helv. Vol. XVII. Tab. MCXL. Fig. 1. 



Ilill>'l, Fl. Gall, ct Goiui. Kxsicc. No. 10:.2. 



S. Limoniuni, Sm. Engl. Uot. No. 102. Jiah. llan. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 270, JTooA-. & 



Am. Brit. Fl. od. viii. p. 351. Koch. Syn. Fl. Germ, ct Hclv. od. ii. p. 084. 

 S. Limonium Scanuico, Frien, Mant. i., p. 10, aud ii., p. 17. 



Leaves obovate or oblivnceolatc. Scapes branched in the upper half". 

 Spikck'ts 1- to 2-Howereil, arranged in compact or rather compact 

 2-rankL'd uiiilati ral spreading or recurved spikes. Innermost bracteolc 

 twice as long as the intermediate one. 



A'ar. a, ffiniiina. 



Plate MCLVI. 



S. Limoniuni, var. fl, Behcn. Boiss. in D.C. Prod. Vol. XIT. p. 645. 

 S. Limonium, Grcn. & GiHh: Fl. do Fr. Vol. II. p. 739. 



S. Pseudo-limonium, Ueich. Fl. Germ. Excurs. p. 101. Bcich. fil. Ic. Y\. Germ, ct 

 Hclv. Vol. XVII. p. (32. 



Panicle compact, subcorymbose, nearly level-topped; branches short, 

 stiff; spikes rather dense, elongate, at length usually recurved 



Var. |3, pyramidal is. 



Plate MCLVII. 



S. serotina, Oren. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. II. p. 740 (non lieich.). 



S. Limonium, lidch. Fl. Germ. Excurs. p. 191. 



S. Limonium, var. a, genuina, Boiss. in D.C. Prod. Vol. XII. p. G44. 



Panicle ver}' lax, p}Tamidal, the lateral branches widely spreadin"', 

 flexuous; spikes short, rather lax. 



In muddy, salt marshes, by the shores of tidal rivers. Ratlier 

 common, and generally distributed on the coast of England. On the 

 east reaching north as far as Holy Island, near Berwick on Tweed, 

 on the west extending to the shores of Wigton, Kirkcudbright, and 

 Dumfries. Var. 3 on the coasts of Kent, Sussex, and Dorset. 



England, Scotland. Perennial. Late Summer, Autumn. 



Rootstock thick, somewhat fleshy, black, branching at the apex, and 

 sometimes creejjing for a short distance in the mud, the branches of 

 the rootstock producing rosettes of leaves at the apex. Leaves very 

 variable in size, 2 inches to 1 foot long, including the petiole; the pro- 

 portion of length to breadth is ver}' variable; the apex is obtuse or 

 subacute, sometimes apiculate, at otlier times, even on the same plant, 



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