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ranked forming linear slender suberect spikes, cal.-segments blunt 

 entire without intermediate teeth. — S. binervosa G. B. Sm., 

 E. B. S. 2663. — Scape usually branching quite from the base ; 

 branches repeatedly forked, elongate. Bracts deeply tinged 

 with pink. Anth. oval.— Rocky shores. P. VII. Vllt. E. S. 



6. S. caspia (Willd.) ; 1. obovate or lanceolate spathulate nar- 

 rowed into a petiole, scapes branched from near the base granular- 

 scabrous, branches many slender repeatedly and acutely forked 

 uppermost alone bearing dense terminal spikes of 2 — 3-flowered 

 2-ranked spikelets, cal.-segments ovate-cuspidate denticulate. — 

 S. reticulata Sm., E. B. 328. — Remarkable by its much divided 

 sterile branches which fork at an acute angle. L. small. — Muddy 

 sea-shores of Norf. and Suff. P. VII. VIII. E. 



2. Armeria JVilld. Thrift. 



1. A.maritima (Willd.); I. linear \-veined, scape downy, inv.- 

 bracts veiy obtuse 1 — 3 outer ones mucronate, cal.-segments 

 acute, cal.-tube hairy or pilose-striate. — L. all radical, many, 

 narrow. Fl. rose-coloured or white. — a. A. maritima (Boiss.) ; 

 1. flattish above, inv.-scales broadly green on the back outer ones 

 ovate-mucronate, cal.-tube uniformly hairy equalling the primary 

 pedicel. R. xvii. 1148. — /3. A. pubescens (Link); 1. flattish 

 above, inv.-scales broadly green on the back outer ones tri- 

 angular-ovate acute, cal.-tube hairy on the ribs otherwise gla- 

 brous equalling the primary pedicel. Statice Armeria Sm., 

 E. B. 226. Pedicels shorter in the mountain plant. — y. A. pubi- 

 gera ^. scotica (Boiss.) ; 1. subtriquetrous channeled and dotted 

 above, inv.-scales scarious a little thickened on the back, cal.- 

 tube uniformly hairy twice as long as the primary pedicel. — 

 8. A. duriuscula (Bab.) ; 1. subtriquetrous channeled above, inv.- 

 scales broadly green on the back, cal.-tube only hairy on the 

 ribs equalling the primary pedicel. — Muddy and rocky sea- 

 shores. S. rare. (3. also on mountains. P. IV. — IX. 



[2. A. plantaginea (Willd.) ; /. all similar 3 — 5-veined linear- 

 lanceolate with a narrow membranous margin, scapes glabrous 

 rough, outer inv. -bracts triangular or lanceolate cuspidate others 

 ovate or obovate with a broad membranous margin obtuse, pedi- 

 cel not 4 as long as the pilose-striate cal.-tube. — E. B. S. 2928. — 

 Distinguished by its leaves. — Jersey. P. VI. VII.] 



Order LXIII. PLANTAGINACE.E. 



Cal. 4-parted, persistent, imbricate, inferior. Cor. 4-parted, 

 regular, scarious. Stam. 4, hypogynous, or at the base of the 

 tube, alternate with the segments of the cor. ; filaments at first 



