TWO NEW BERMUDAN PLANTS. 105 
This Frigeron is in habit a very distinct species ; Ait it may 
have acquired its distinctive character from its habitat in the 
islands in a comparatively short period. In habit, folingtés and 
even achenes, it bears so strong a resemblance to the Brazilian 
Conyza rivularis Gardn. that I could not resist the comparison. Of 
course the dec cage ray, as the genera are limited, would stamp it 
as an Hrigero 
The name ot the Hon. J. H. Darrell has been associated with 
this plant as an acknowledgment of a service rendered to Botany 
in his communications to Sir J. H. Lefroy. Mr. Darrell is a native 
of the islands, and the oldest ahaa and he pie recorded 
some useful information respecting the introduction of certain 
plants, not only of facts within his own memory, but also of others 
transmitted from his father 
Statice Lefroyi, n. sp. —_§. Bahusiensi affinis, differt seaporum 
multo elatiorum ramulis gracillimis rectiusculis bracteis floribusque 
triente parte brevioribus, &c.— Herba glabra, siccitate palli da, 
saltem bipeda alis. ree olia oblonga, lanceolata tad oblance ae) apice 
obtusissima vel rotundata, sub apice mucrone recto rigidiusculo 
instructa, basi in este um on eae dassaatin distincte 
pennivenia, cum petiolo 6-12 poll. longa. Scapus bipedalis, 
fistulosus, parte inferiore, somes in siccis, angulatus, anguste 
ramoso-paniculatus, ramulis ultim iformis fere rectis; spicule 
dissitz, 1-2 floree, cum mises iio 3 lineas longer ; bractew late 
scarioso-hyaline, vix acute, extima eam longa, in 
e Flores cerulei; calycis tubus costatus, costis sat 
setulosis ; limbi lobis wahaceie: ima basi tantum coalita, 
bi petala ima 
spatulata, emarginata ; filamenta leviter dilatata; ovarium gla- 
rum, 5-a ngwiararts sie a basi liberis. — In salsuginosis Wal- 
singham Bermuda, L 
This is een 8 the same plant identified as Statice - ea 
Nutt. ts hat the true S. Caroliniana Nut 
not able to ioliae "as the Bermudan plant is quite distinct from 
othe. I have seen from North America. Its nearest affinity is 
S. Bahusiensis, from which it is distinguishable at a glance, 
ene the technical characters that separate the species are slight. 
The differences are chiefly in the habit and stature of the plant, 
the mode of branching of the panicle, the slenderness and straight- 
ness of the ultimate branchlets, the size of the spikelets, and the 
size, consistence, and shape of the bracts. Dr. Asa Gray regards 
rodromus.’ I think myself there are pa cba represented by 
the eastern North American specimens I as Gene ir 
enry Lefroy was formerly Governor iy rmudas, and 
uring his governorship he collected a pee ae number of wild 
plants that we have seen from no other source, to say nothing of 
~ important historical works connected with the sia that he 
as edited. 
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