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Drej."; yet Syme says if anything is S. Limonium L. proper {fide 

 Linn, herb.), rariflora is. Linnreus quotes " Gronov. virg. 150"; 

 •what do the American forms support by their growth ? It seems 

 to me that rariflora is more the plant of Linnams (t. e. Gronovius) 

 than Behen Drej., especially the var. Caroliniania Gray; an 1 \"\ - 

 Gray seems to indicate, for he says, "Extending northward, where 

 it passes into Balnmmm Fr." 



This leads us to this difficulty. We can say 8. Limonium L., 

 but if we say genuina, we mean rariflora, and our var. B. is Behen 

 Drej. I suppose the most inveterate lumper would admit there is 

 some difference between rariflora and Behen, enough, aDyhow, to 

 constitute a variety. Prof. Babington does not even quote 8. Behen 

 (Man. Brit. Bot. ed. 8, p. 293), but has S. Limonium L. and S. 

 Bahusiensis Fr. ; this, if Syme is correct, is a direct contradiction of 

 the Linnean herbarium, and Linnaeus's reference to Gronovius. 

 Thus it seems, if we writ. S'. Limonium L., we ought also to say, 

 a. rariflora Drejer, f3. Behen Drej., whether as subspecies or 

 varieties, according to individual opinions. 



Some discussion has lately been carried on as to whether the 

 description of a plant or the author's specimens (types) are of the 

 higher vnlue.* Of course, with cryptogamic specimens the diffi- 

 culty must be great, as magnifying with high powers was not 

 possible in early days ; with flowering plants the difficulty is less ; 

 if the one contradicts the other, descriptions, I suppose, must carry 

 great weight. 



Subsp. 8. Behen Drejer. S. pyrarnidalis Syme, Eng. Bot. vii. 

 p. 161 (1867). S. serotina G. et G. Fl. Fr. 2, 740 (1850); S. Li- 

 monium Reichb. Fl. F.mn*. 191 (1830), teste Syme. S. Limonium 

 var. a. qmuina Boiss. in DC. Prod. 12, 044. test,' Svme. >'. f.inomium 

 ft. scmiina ((}. et. G.) Bab. Man. ed. 8, 291. >. Limonium proper, 

 var.S. serotina Reichb. ; Hook. Stud. FL ed. 3, 25!) (1884). S. Li- 

 monium L. var. pyrarnidalis Syme, Land. Cat. ed. 8, 21 (1886). 



According to Syme, the plant distributed and figured by Eeichen- 

 bach is not Syme's plant, but the Limonium L. var. maeroelada 

 Boiss. On the Norfolk coast Mr. Geldart says {Ex. Club !;, r ,rt, 

 1892, 878) that this comes into flowers about three weeks after the 

 type. Grenier and Godron give "Aug. and Sept." for this, and 

 "July and Aug." for the type. I agree with Syme that dry and 

 wet seasons affect this form, but it clearly shows one of those states 

 of Limonium that form a sort of connecting link with the larger 

 forms of 8. rariflora Drejer. 



Statice binervosa G. E. Smith, En„. Bot. Su PP . t. 2663 (1830). 

 S. cordata G. E. Smith, Cat. PL 8. Kent, 18 (1829). 8. spathnlata 

 Hook. Ih-it. Fl. ed. 3, 149 (1835), (non Linn.). S. occidental-is 

 Ll.n-d. FL F.ire Int. 212 (1*4!). (non Desf.). N. spathnlata Bab. 

 Man. ed. 1. 215 ( 1843), (non Desf.). S. Dndartii Gir. and S. oeri- 

 dentalis Bab. Man. ed. 3. 261 (1*51). >'. aurin,l,rt.dia Yahl, Symb. 

 25. 1S20; r.entham, Handb. Brit. Fl. ed. 1, 431 (1858). S. bi- 

 nerrosa G. E. Sm., Hook. & Arn. ed. 8, 352 (1860). 8. anrieuhr/nlia 



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