480 Lxxxvi. PLUMBAOiNB^. (C. B. Clarke.) IStatice. 



Sect. I. Zilmonium. Petals entire or emarginate. 



1. S. Stocksil, Soils, in DC. Prodi: xii. 664 ; leaves spathulate-obloDg 

 glabrous fleshy, calyx pilose without limb subtruncate. Wight Ml. ii. 225, t. 

 178 ; Book. Ic. PI. t. 837 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 868. 



SciNDE ; Stocks, DalzeU. — Distrib. Beloo histaa. 



Height 6-10 in.; branches woody, leafy. Leases f by J in., obtuse, tapering 

 much at the base ; petiole hardly any. Scapes dividing into a seeund panicle ; bracts 

 ^ in., elliptic, herbaceous, reddish. Calt/x | in., ribs long-ciliate. Petals longer than 

 the calyx, entire or emarginate, rose-pink. Anthers long-exsert. 



3. S. cabulica, Boiss. in. DC. Prodr. xii. 666 ; leaves all radical rosulate 

 spathulate-oblong obtuse mucronate, panicle large dichotomous, branches long, 

 calyx minutely pilose withont, limb at first s"ubtruncate ultimately with linear 

 recurved divisions. Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 871. 



Punjab ; Jhelum valley and lower hills west of the Indus, alt. 2-4000 ft., Stewart. 

 ■ — Distrib. Affghanistan. 



Annual. Leaves 1^ by § in., densely rosnUte. Scape 1-3 ft., solitary, erect, 

 glabrous ; flowers subsessile, scattered along the branches ; bracts \ in., ovate or 

 oblong, obtuse, mucronate, coriaceous, scarious margin narrow. Calyx-twhe J-^ in., 

 very narrow ; limb at first funnel-shaped, subtruncate. scarious, with 5 ribs ; in fruit 

 the membranous portion breaks up and almost entirely disappears, the 5 ribs are 

 recurved. 



Sect. II. ScMzopetalum. Petals bifid half-way down. 



3. S. macrorrhabdos, Boiss. Diagn. 2, iv. 67, and Fl. Orient, iv. 869 ; 

 var. Thomsoni, Clarke ; leaves all radical rosulate spathulate-orbicular obtuse 

 or emarginate rarely minutely mucronate, calyx with tufts of small spreading 

 hairs. Statice, sect. Schizopetali sp. altera. Hook. f. in Oen. PI. ii. 626. 



West Tibet ; Falconer ; Ladak, T. Thomson. Balttsthan, alt. 9000 ft., Clarke. 



Annual. Leaves 2 by 1^-2 in. Scapes 1-3 ft., glabrous ; flowers in clusters of 

 2-4, sessile along the branches ; bracts \ in., ovate, mucronate, coriaceous with 

 scarious margin. Cah/x-tulye ^ in , limb funnel-shaped, truncate, scarioxis, o-ribbed. 

 Petals divided to the base of the lamina into two lanceolate-linear divisions. — This 

 was considered specifically distinct from S. macrorrhabdos (a native of Afghanistan 

 and Beloodiistan) by Sir J. D. H., and would be so according to Boissier's views. 



4 FXiUItKBAGO, Unn. 



Herbs or underehrubs ; branches diffuse. Leaves alternate, entire. Plowers 

 spiked ; bracts and bracteoles shorter than the calyx. Calyx tubular, covered 

 with stalked glands ; limb 6-fid. Corolla-tiihe long, slender ; lobes 5, round, 

 patent. Stamens free ; filaments linear, dilated at base ; anthers oblong. Ovary 

 r arrowed at the apex ; style slender, with 5 terminal branches stigmatose 

 nearly throughout their length. Capside membranous, circumsciss near the 

 base.— Species 10, warmer regions of both hemispheres. 



1. P. zeylanica, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. xii. 692 ; leaves ovate suddenly 

 narrowed into the petiole, raohis of the spike pubescent or glandular, corolla 

 white, base of style glabrous. Ro.rh. Hart. Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. i. 462 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 7241 ; Wight HI. t. 179 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 220 ; Eurz in Jaurn. 

 As. Soo. 1877, ii. 217; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 876. P. auriculata, Blume Bijd. 

 736. Thela alba, Lour. Fl. Cochirvah. 119. — Rheede Hort. Med. x. t. 8. 



Throughout India, much cultivated nnd readily spreading ; wild in the south. 

 Kurz thinks not wild in Birma ; Watt thinks wild in Bengal. — Distkib. Throughout 

 the tropics of the Old Woild. 



