608 OhBBE 80.— PLUMBAGINACB^. 



tribes and grneba. 



I. STATIOEjE. Styles distinct, nt least abuve. Utricle not valvate. (a) • 



a Stigmas capitate. Styie connated at base. Lvs. ncerous. Scape terete. . . AlC^stholomon. C 

 a Stigmaa capitate. Styles distinct at base. Leaves flat. Scape 3-anglcd.. . .Goniolo.^on. 4 



a Stigmas filiform. — Styles glabrous. Scape branching Statiob, 1 



— Styles plumous. Scape capitate Akmkria. 8 



U. PLTJMBAGEjE. Styles united to the apex. Pericarp subvalvate. (b) 



b Corolla hypocrateriform. Calyx not enlarged in fruit Plctmiiaqo. 3 



i. STAT'ICE, L. Marsh Rosemary. (Gr. (rraTtfw, to stop ; bo- 

 cause used medicinally it stops diarrhoea, says Pliny.) Calyx funnel- 

 form, limb scarious, 5-nerved, 5-parted ; petals scarcely iraited at base ; 

 filaments 5, adnata to the very base of the corolla ; ovary crowned with 

 the 5 glabrous, filiform styles, utricle regularly or irregularly circum- 

 scissile. — U Herbs with the scape branching the flowers 3-bracted, ses- 

 sile on the 3-bracted branchlet. 



S. Limonum L. Tery smooth; lvs. oblong-elliptical or oblanceolate, acute, 

 tipped with a bristle, tapering to a long petiole ; ecapes terete, fiatuloua, braoled, 

 paniculate ; apikelets 1-flowered (rarely 2), involucrate with 3 bractleta, remotely 

 seouad on the branchlets ; cal. lobes very acute. — Salt marshes along the coast, 

 from Newfoundland to S. Car. Scape 6 to 12' high. Lvs. 1' to 18" long, the 

 petioles rather longer. The root is large, ligneous, strongly astringent, much 

 valued in medicine. Jl. — Oct. (S. Carolinianum 'Walt.) — Diflfera from the Eu- 

 ropean varieties which have mostly 2 to 3-flowered spilcelets, more close on tho 

 branchlets, cal. lobes scarcely acute, Ac. 



2. ARME'RIA, Willd. Thrift. Flowers collected in a dense head ; 

 involucre 3 to many-leaved ; calyx tubular-oampanulatc, 5-angled, with 

 5 shallow lobes, scarious and plaited ; petals, stamens, &c., as in Statice. — 

 V Lvs. radical, mostly linear. Scape simple, appendaged above. 



A. vulgaris "Willd. Scape terete, smooth; lvs. linear, flat, obtuse; outer bracts 

 of the invol. ovate-acute, shorter than the sheathing appendage at their base. — A 

 neat and elegant plant, native near the sea-coast, Brit. Am. (Hook.) Often 

 cultivated. Lvs. 3 to 4' by 2 to 3", numerous, crowded. Scape about If high, 

 bearing a singular sheath at top, formed according to Lindley by the adherent 

 bases of iuvolucral lvs. Fls. rose-colored. Jn. — Aug. 



2 A. latifoiia "Willd. Scape solitary, tall ; lvs. very broad, oblong, 5 to 1 - 

 veined ; fls. ■ (rose-red) in a large head from a long sheath ; bracts scarious, the 

 outer oblong-lanceolate, acuminate-cuspidate. — |- Portugal. 



3. PLUMBA^GO, Tourn. Lead wort. (Lat. plumbum (lead), a dis- 

 ease of the eyes, which it was reputed to cure. Pliny.) Calyx herba- 

 ceous, glandular, 5-lobed, not enlarged after flowering ; corolla salver- 

 form, tube longer than calyx, limb twisted in estivation ; anthers 5, 

 linear ; style 1, stigmas 5, filiform ; utricle membranous, mucronate with 

 the persistent style. — Herbs or shrubs. Fls. cyanic, numerous through 

 the season. 



1 P. Cap^nsis Thunb. St. shrubby, scarcely climbing ; lvs. oblong entire, 

 glaucous-tubercular beneath, petiolate ; lis. in short, dense, terminal spikes, pajo 

 blue. — f Cape of Good Hope. Yery pretty. Southward it is hardy. 



2 P. cceriilia Kunth. St herbaceous, erect; lvs. ovate-oblong, acuminate, 

 petiole winged and auriculate at base ; fls. in terminal, loose spikes, blue. — if f 

 Peru and Chili. 



4 GONIOLOMON speciosum Boiss. (Statico specioea L.), with white 

 fls., 3 or 4 in each spikelet. 



G. Tartaricnm Boiss (S. Tartariea L.), with pink fls., 1 or 2 in a spikelet, 

 both from Ru&sia, are occasionally cultivated. Also 



