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G77. STATICE. 



barren branches simple and spine-like. Query 

 if belonging to this species ? 



17. reticulata. " L. obversely lanceolate, 

 cuneate, obtuse. Stems decumbent, much 

 branched, divaricate. Branches crossing each 

 other. Spikes lax. Spicules few. Lobes of 

 the Cal. of the Fruit erecto-patulous, acute, 'w. 

 5, 6. Mai-etimo."— Bert. 



18. Tineii. Woody, much branched. 

 The perennial Stems decumbent, with long 

 leafy branches. L. small, obovato-spatulate. 

 Barren Branches somewhat pectinate. Tl. few, 

 remote, w. 7, 8. Volcanic. PanteUaria. 



a. gracilis. Floweiing-stems slender. Spi- 

 cules 2-flowered. 



/8. parvifolia. Perennial Stems almost fla- 

 gelliform. Plowering-stems slender. Spi- 

 cules 1-flowered. 



7. pi/gmcea. Perennial Stems fibiillose. Flow- 

 ering-stems fii-m, almost jointed. Spicules 

 3-iiowered. — ■ Guss., wJio adopts these 

 from Tineo as 3 species. Boissier tmites 

 them all to S. dictyoclada, to which the 

 description does not lead us. 



19. xninuta. L. small, obovato- or lanceo- 

 lato-spatulate, somewhat fleshy, obtuse or re- 

 tuse, channeled above, keeled below. Margin 

 revolute, not pellucid. Stem rough, sometimes 

 hairy. Bai-ren Branches nearly simple, tv. 

 5, 6. Mars. Toul. Hyeres. 



/3. acutifolia, Bert. L. acute. Sard. 



20. pubescens. L. smaU, obcordato-cu- 

 neate, channeled above, keeled below. Margin 

 revolute, not pellucid. Stem densely hairy, 

 hardly rough. Barren Branches compound. 

 Outer Bract very small. ■<rj. 6, 7. Shores of 

 Prov. and western Liguria. 



ft Scapes jointed, the divisions contracted 

 at one or loth ends, generally divaricate. 



21. dictyoclada. L. small, lanceolato- 

 spatulate, obtuse. Haft rather long. Stem 

 rough, not hairy. Barren Branches multifido- 

 dichotomous, divaricate. Spicules distant. Up- 

 per Bracts four times as long as outer, p. 7, 8. 

 Sard. Cors. Sic. Boissiei' puts to this dicho- 

 toma of Chiss., which (hissone himself refers 

 to S. Smithii; i. e., to oleifolia of Smith, vir- 

 gata of Boissier. 



22. cancellata. AH velvety. L. small, 

 obovato-cuneate, retuse. Scape low, very much 

 branched, rectangularly flexuose. Middle Bract 

 hyaline, equal to outer ; inner four times as 

 long. Tube of Cal. hairy all over. Lobes acute. 



w. 7. Shores. Fiume. Istria. Perhaps S. 

 reticulata of Linn. 



23. cumana. " Covered with a bran-like 

 down. L. obovato-spatulate, obtuse or retuse. 

 Margin somewhat revolute. Branches very much 

 dichotomously subdivided; the barren ones 

 straight, with long, slender joints. Spikes very 

 las, few-flowered. Bracts hairless ; the outer very 

 small and almost entirely membranous ; inner 

 six times as long, the herbaceous back some- 

 what keeled, and produced almost to the ex- 

 tremity. Border of Cal. about as long as tube. 

 Lobes oblong, rather acute, p. 5, 6. Shore. 

 Naples. 



" j8. tenuicula, Guss. Hairless. Maretimo." 

 — Boiss. 



24. articulata. Fleshy, becoming black in 

 drying. L. small, oblongo- or Hneari-spatu- 

 late, nearly disappearing before the flowering. 

 Scape rough, very brittle at the joinings. 

 Joints contracted at each end; upper almost 

 globular. Spicules few, or solitary. Dpper 

 Bract five times as long as lower. Lobes of 

 Cal. somewhat acute, p. 7, 8. Maritime rocks. 

 Corsica. 



25. cordata. Quite smooth. L. flaccid, 

 obovato-spatulate, rounded at the end or retuse. 

 Branches straight, veiy brittle at the joinings. 

 Joints contracted at each end, angular. Spikes 

 long and lax. Inner Bract three times as long 

 as outer. Border of Cal. rather acute, p. 7-9. 

 Stony shores. Sic. 



** Outer Bracts altogether membranous; 

 inner very nearly so. 



26. caspia. Kough, hairless. L. obovato- 

 or lanceolato-spatulate, obtuse. Scape much 

 branched. Ban'en Branches capillaceo-multi- 

 fid ; upper forming a corymbose panicle. Spi- 

 cules crowded in short spikes. Tube of Cal. 

 short, conical. Border longer than tube. Lobes 

 rather acute, denticulate, p. or w. 7-9. Shores 

 and salt marshes, chiefly of Mdt. 



B. Petals united in a tube. Calyx falling 

 short of Bracts. 



27. diffusa. L. very small, narrow linear. 

 Scales of barren Branches ovate, acute. 

 Bracts membranous, ovato-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate. Spikes somewhat recurved, lax, ending 

 in barren branches. Teeth of Cal. acute, 

 mucronulate. •w. 7, 8. Salt marshes. Ste. 

 Lucie. 



28. ferulacea. Leafless. Scales of ban-en 

 Branches and outer Bracts setaceo-acuminate. 



