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325 
NOTES ON STATICE.* 
By C. E. Satmon, F.L.S. 
XII. eee ACUTIFOLIA Pe gas 
1915, p. 41 ; fig. 324. must now be considered. The plant drawn 
came from ‘Bonifacio in maritimis in insula Corsica, cl. Salz- 
mann,’ perl although the gr does not ten represent thé species 
occurring there, I think it is clear it cannot be grouped under 
the forms of S. minuta in - last MinieiuGion to this Journal. 
In the next volume of Reichenbach’s Ic. crit. (iii. 23, 1825) the 
following appears :—‘ 374. Statice acutifolia: Scapo tereti, ramis 
erecto-patulis dichotomo-fastigiatis, floribus distantibus elongatis, 
foliis anguste lanceolatis acutis. . Syn. St. minuta. Moretti 
in litt. Hist. 359 [3874] ‘Genova’ cl. Moretti. ” A note follows 
pointing out how the new species differs from S. minuta, more 
particularly in its elongated flowers and narrower gt leaves. 
It appears, however, that there was some error as regards the 
origin of the plant described, and that Moretti never found the 
specimen at Genoa; thus Bertoloni (Fl. Ital. iii. 521, 1837) 
writes :—‘‘ Heec nullimode provenit in Liguria, ut habet Reichen- 
bachius, J. c. Hactenus tantum reperta in Sardinia, et primo 
quidem a Badaroo.’ 
In 1831 Reichenbach (Fl. germ. excurs. i. 191) published his 
S. rupicola, with the following description :—* St. rupicola Badarr. 
foliis ie aah obits acutis, scapo tereti, ramis arrecto-patulis 
dichotomo-fastigiatis, floribus distantibus elongatis. St. acutifolia 
Rchb. pl. crit. iii. Ic. 874. Differt multis notis a St. minuta quam 
cf. Ic. 324, 325, Riviera di Genova: Moretti.”” It will be noted 
that he cites his own S. acutifolia as a synonym, and that the 
error as regards locality is repeated. 
H. G. Reichenbach, the younger (Ic. germ. xvii. wf 
reinstates the S. — of his father’s Ic. crit. with the follo 
ing description :—‘“ S. acutifolia Rehb. Ieon. ili. cexxyv. fig. 374 
Valda aoe foliis eaneato ee acutis obtusisve, num- 
quam emarginatis ; ee me bo glabro. St. — —_ 
Rehb. Exe. 191. St. ienuifolia Bert. in Colla Herb. Ped. 
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Tab. 93, mcxurv. I. Caulis variétatis cespitose. 1. Spic 
The points to be observed are the altered description of bee 
* See Journ. Bot. 1903, 65; 1904, 361; 1905, 5, 54; 1907, 24, 428; 1908, 
1; 1909, 285; 1911, 73; oth "92; 1915, 237, 
