58 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
authorities at Bee ae a have been able to see the actual 
specimens to which he r in his paper, and to confirm his 
most —— observations 
To I mays y that L. humile, when well marked, may 
be dstingushed from rn vulgare at a glance by its long, often i in- 
nm aosce I have added to the sistial sbodk- nage ee 
some distinctive characters as regards petals, styles, &c., as thes 
Seemed constant in numbers of growing plants examined ; it on 
a satisfactory, however, if botanists could confirm these statements 
by observations made on plants S$ growing in widely-spread localities. 
The syn rb chaaription; and distribution in Europe of L 
“humile is as follow 
Limonium auMILE Mill. Gard. Dict. No. 4 spo (non Herb. !). 
L. Anglicum minus Ray Hist. iii. 247 (170 
Statice Limonium Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 274 (1768) (pro parte). 
J i erb.! 
- Bahusiensis Fries | Nov. Fl. Suec. Mant. i. 10 (1882). 
S, Bahusiensis Fries, var. borealis Fries! Sum. Veg. Scan. ii. 
200 (1846). 
S. Crouanii Lenorm.! ex A Consp. 609 (1881). 
han be rariflorum O. Kuntze, Rey. Gen. 896 (1891). 
. remotiflora Rouy, Rev. Boh, ‘Syn. 179 (1904 
capus plerumque ab imo ramosus, irregulariter paniculatus ; 
rami fere ad basin floriferi; spice erecte, rectm vel flexuosa, vel 
incurvate ; spicule remote (raro con ntigue) ; “eal ‘1d omnes costas 
distincte et irregulariter pilosus (perraro fere glaber) ; costs calycis 
ad limborum apices producte; bractea interior plerumque exteriore 
In. , glabr cag Leaves pinnately veined, very 
ariable in shape, from obovate-oblong and rounded at the tip to 
elliptic. lanceolate an very acute at the apex, poi the latter, 
er than tho 
and usually ap iotlabs Scape rather slander —— branch ed 
usually from "she base or Mise the middle. Branches bearing 
flowers almost to their base, ir erecto-patent or flexuous, often 
incurved, all flowering. Branchlets very rarely with empty bracts. 
Spikes long, erect or ascending-spreading, often incurved. Spikelets 
1-2- (rarely 3-) flowered, arranged in two distant rows (rarely closer) 
with often the length of a spikelet cet ea each. Outer bract 1- 
t 
sahatte tinged with ee fee as in enlar e, aidally a Par deal 
ess than twice eo length of outer bract, a: ong again as 
iddle. Bracte ¢ 1-2. { Calya: 3 lin ie long, 
