Plumbaginacce-—A rmeria. 381 
3. A. cephalotes.—A taller species when fully developed 
than either of the foregoing, the scapes rising to a height of 
12 to 18 inches or more. Leaves broadly-lanceolate, glabrous, 
acute. Flowers deep rose or crimson. Native of the Mediter- 
ranean region. z 
2. STATICE. 
In floral characters this genus is very near the last, but the 
disposition of the flowers is very different, being in spicate 
secund or distichous bracteate panicles. Leaves all or nearly 
all radical and rosulate, spathulate or oblong, not linear. 
There are about fifty species, chiefly abundant in the saline 
districts of Western Asia. The name is derived from otarite, 
to stop, in reference to the astringent properties of some of the 
species. 
1. & Limoniwm. Sea Lavender.—This is the commonest 
and the largest of the indigenous species. It is technically 
distinguished from the others by the calyx-lobes being furnished 
with intermediate teeth. Flowers lilac-blue or white. S. Ba- 
husiénsis, syn. S. rariflora, is a variety with lax spikelets. . 
Native of the coast of England and extreme South-west of 
Scotland, flowering from July onwards till late in Autumn. 
2. S. clita (fig. 205), syn. Goniolimon eatum.—This is a 
Fig. 205. Statice elata. (,; nat. size.) 
handsome species from Siberia, with bright green glabrous 
foliage, and blue flowers, produced trom July to September. 
