440 Mr. C. C. Babington on British species of Plumbaginaceae. 



in the ' Herb. Norm.' it is then probable that it is the older name, 

 and its use there is a sufficient publication to give it the claim 

 " prioritatis lege." 



3. S. Dodartii (Gir.) ; foliis obovato-spathulatis basi trinerviis et in 

 petiolum alatum decurrentibus, scapis rigidis rectis alternatim ra- 

 mosis, ramis sterilibus nullis, spiculis 2-4-floris in spicas lineares 

 crassas subverticales distiche et dense imbricatis, calycis limbo 5- 

 lobo denticulis intermediis nullis : lobis obtusis integris. 



S. Dodartii, Girard in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. xvii. 31. t. 4 ; DeCand. 



Prod. xii. 648. 

 Limonium minus bellidis minoris folio, Dodart, Mem. ed. 1676, p. 95. 



Scape usually not branched in its lower half in our plant; 

 branches often simple, short. Outer bract acute ; inner twice as 

 long, obovate-elliptical, obtuse ; both with white diaphanous mar- 

 gins faintly tinged with pink. Leaves blunt with a small mucro 

 usually from just below the extremity. 



Rocky shores. Berry Head, Devon, Miss A. Griffiths. Lang- 

 land Bay and Pennard, Glamorganshire. Giltar Head, Pem- 

 brokeshire. 



4. S. occidentalis (Lloyd) ; foliis lanceolate- spathulatis acutiusculis 

 basi obscure trinerviis et in petiolum alatum longe attenuatis, 

 scapis gracilibus flexuosis fere a basi dichotome ramosissimis, ramis 

 inferioribus nonnullis sterilibus, spiculis 2-4-floris in spicas tenues 

 suberectas lineares distiche imbricatis, calycis limbo 5-lobo denti- 

 culis intermediis nullis : lobis obtusis integris. 



5. occidentalis, Lloyd, Fl. Loire inf. 212 ; DeCand. Prod. xii. 648. 

 S. Dodartii /3. humilis, Gir. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. ii. 326, 



S. lanceolata, Reich. Iconog. t. 719. f. 961. 



S. cordata, G. E. Smith, PL of S. Kent, 18. t. 2. 



S. reticulata. Hook. Fl. Scot. i. 97. 



S. binervosa, G. E. Smith in Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2663. 



Scape usually branching quite from its base ; branches repeat- 

 edly forked, elongated. Outer bract acute j inner twice as long, 

 obovate-cuneate, obtuse ; both with a deep pink band at the base 

 of the white diaphanous margin. Leaves often rather acute, with 

 a small mucro usually from below their extremity. 



On the chalk cliffs of Kent. Shingly places near Cley next 

 the sea, Norfolk. Cliffs at the Mull of Galloway. Near Dublin, 

 Dr. Tyacke. Cliffs near St. Helier's, Jersey; and in Alderney. 

 St. Martin's, Guernsey, Rev. W. TV. Newbould. 



This is doubtless the Limonium minus of Ray (Syn. ed. 3. 202), 

 the L. parvum of Gerard (Herb. 332; Em. 411) as supposed 

 by the Rev. G. E. Smith, for the figure given by the latter author 

 after Lobel (Icon. 291) can represent no other known British 

 species. The sterile branches show that it is not intended for 

 any variety of S. Limonium, as was supposed by Smith. It is 



