280 62. PiTiMBAaiNACE^. 



9. Sam'olus iiMii. Brook-weed. 



1. & Valeran'di (L.);';l. ofcovate or roundisli 1311111*, upper 1. 

 blunt with S, point, racemes many-flowered ultimajtely elongated, 

 caps, subglobpse. — Remarkable in this Order by its cal. adhering 

 to the germ4n and by having 'a cro,wp to the small wbite corolla. 

 —Damp watery places. P. \T[. VIII. ^ ' E.S.I. 



Order LXII. PIUMBAGINACEiE. 



Gal. 5-cleftJ'persistent, inferior, plicate. Cor. regular, 5-fid 

 or nearly 5-petalous. Stam. 5, hypogjTious, or ad'nate to the 

 base of the pet.' Ovary free, of 5 carpels, 1-celled, 1 -seeded ; 

 ovule 1, |)endufou3 by a' staik arising from the bottom of the cell. 

 Styles 5., Fr. a utricle. Seed inverted. BmbrvO in the axis of 

 farinaceb'ub albumen. Radicle supeHor. — Ct. F. d'. Gam. i. 3 & 4. 



1. Staticb. ' Fl. spiked. Oal. scarious above.- Cor, 5-parted. 

 Styles glabrous., Caps, nofc bursting. 



2. Armbria. Fl. in a head with ah inverted cylindrical 

 sheath. Styles hairy below. Caps, not bursting. ' 



1. Stat'ice ZiHM. Sea-Lavender. 



1. <S: Limdnium (IjS) ; 1. elliptior-oblong stalked mucronate 

 1-ribbed strongly veined, st. sUbterete branched above- corym- 

 bose, spikelets 1 — 3-flowered ascending forniing dense 2-ranked 

 patent or recurved spikes, cal. -segments entire acute with inter- 

 mediate teeth, outer pt:act pointed rounded on the back. — iS. 

 pseudo-Umonmm H. xvii. 1140, and S. serotina M. 1189 seem 

 hardly distinguishable. — St. 6 — 18 in. high, usually not 

 branched in its lower half, often not until -near the corym- 

 bose topi Spikes short ; spikelets 'denSfely imbricate. Fl. pur- 

 plish.— Muddy salt marshes. P. VII.— li. ' E. S. 



2. S. Sahusien'sis (Fries) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate stalked mucro- 

 nate 1-ribbed faintly veined, st. slightly anffidar usually branched 

 from below the. middle panicled, spikelets 1 — ,3-tipwered uni- 

 lateral rather distant forming laj; erect or incurped spikes, cal,- 

 segments acute denticidate vsrith internjediate teeth, outer bract 

 pointed keeled on the back. — R. x-sli. 1140, S. rarijiura Drej., 

 E. B. A 2917, — St. 6 — 18 in. 'h\ga.,not co/ymiose, much branched 

 below. Spikes long ; spikelets often 1-flowered, not imbricate. 

 FL purplish.— Muddy salt marshes. . P. VII., VIII. E. S. I. 



3. S. DodarHii (Gir.) ; 1. obovate-spathulate narrowed into a 

 broadly winged stalk 3-veined below, st. rigid mth thick but 

 tiotstenle branches , spikelets 2 — 4-flowered densely imb , icate 2- 

 ranked forming linear thick suberect spikes, cal.-segmeuts blunt 

 entire without intermediate teeth. — R. 1142. — St. usuallv not 



