NOTES ON sTATICE 243 
Spicse densiores; bractee rufescentes, bractea media quam 
exterior “had sesquilongior ; fines interior quam exterior modo 
3-plo longior; calyx 4-5 mm. lon 
eaves often very small, more Granth contracted into petiole, 
lamina broader and more orbicular or cuneate; margins not quite 
not so retuse when dry; leaves rarely preps rosettes more 
dense and compact. Scape usually sat rt (3-8 cm. high), er ; 
jor laxa”’ of 
either no sterile branches or fewer tha an in type. Spikes more 
dense-flowered. Bracts not so parietal bse Middle bract et 
half as long again as outer bract. Inner bract about 3 time 
longer than outer bract. Calyx 4-5 mm. werd 
Distribution.—Southern France: ear es-du-Rhéne (near 
Marseilles!). Balearic Islands: Majorca (Calabra!). Minorca 
(uear Mahon! Cola-Mezquita, Ciadadote: & Fornells . eee: 
Var. DISSITIFLORA Boiss.! in DC. Prodr. xii. 655 (184 
pied inter typum et var. microphyllam Syne g Scapus 
8-16 ¢ altus, sige anfractus; rami "ilten lo -arcuati; rami 
Sterile a sicut in in 
ice magis gorigate patuleque, spicule dissite. ~ Bractew 
nigricantes; bractea media sicut in typo; bractea interior sicut in 
var, microphylla, 
Calyx sicut in var. microphylla sed minus hirsutus. 
Leaves of moderate size, about intermediate in shape between 
those of type and var. microphylla, very rarely apiculate. Sca 
8-16 cm. high, rather more zigzag than in type, with spreading- 
; : bey = 
elongated and spreading, with spikelets more separated than in 
the other varieties. Bracts usually dark coloured; outer bract 
rather more obtuse than in the other varieties; middle bract as in 
type; inner bract as in var. microphylla. Calyx as in var. 
microphylla but less hai 
Distribution.—Spain “ Monjui ich, near ag sean Balearic 
Islands: Majorca (Palma)! Elba! viata Bonifaci 
am much indebted to various Museums and in Sedu for 
the loan of specimens and help in aula directions, I 
particularly wish to thank Mr. C. C. Lacaita for the aE he 
has so readily ia in this puzzling genus. 
RICHARD MIDDLETON MASSEY. 
(1678 ?-1743.) 
By tHe Eprror. 
Tue following account of this interesting seventeenth century 
naturalist is drawn almost entirely from his unpublished letters 
(dated 1702-41) $s Sloane (Sloane MSS. 4040-78) and to Petiver 
(4063-67) and from Petiver’s copies of his replies (Sloane MSS. 
3332-40). The only published notice with which I am ng eecace 
