262 63. PLANTAGINACES. 
narrowed into a long winged stalk obscurely 3-ribbed below, 
scapes slender wavy dichotomously branched from near the base, 
Sew lowest branches sterile, spikelets 2—-4-flowered imbricate 2- 
ranked forming linear slender suberect spikes, cal.-segments blunt 
entire without intermediate teeth 9S. binervosa G. E. Sm., 
£. B. 8. 2663. 8. spathulata Hook.—Seape usually branching 
quite from the base ; branches repeatedly forked, elongate. Bracts 
deeply tinged with pink.—Rocky shores. P. VII. VIN. E.S. 
5. S. caspia (Willd.); 1. obovate or lanceolate spathulate nar- 
rowed into a petiole, scapes branched from near the base granular- 
scabrous, numerous branches 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.323.—Remarkable for its much divided 
sterile branches which fork at an acute angle. L. small.—Muddy 
sea-shores of Norf. and Suff. P. WIT. VIII. 
2. Armeria Willd. 
1. A. maritima (Willd.) ; 1. linear 1-nerved, scape downy, inv.- 
bracts very obtuse 1—3 outer ones mucronate, cal.-segments 
acute, cal.-tube hairy or pilose-striate.—L. all radical, many, 
narrow. FI. 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.—f. A. pubescens (Link); 1. flattish above, inv.-scales 
broadly green on the back outer ones triangular-ovate acute, eal.- 
tube hairy on the ribs otherwise glabrous equalling the primary 
pedicel. Statice Armeria Sm., E. B. 226. Pedicels shorter in the 
mountain plant.—y. A. pubsgera B. scotica (Boiss.); 1. subtri- 
quetrous grooved and dotted above, inv.-scales scarious a little 
thickened on the back, cal.-tube uniformly hairy twice as long as 
the primary pedicel.—d. A. duriuscula (Bab.); 1. subtriquetrous 
grooved above, inv.-scales broadly green on the back, eal.-tube 
hairy on the ribs only equalling the primary pedicel— Muddy 
and rocky sea-shores. 6. rare. 8. also on mountains. P. IV. 
ake 
[2. A. plantaginea (Willd.); 1. all similar 3—5-nerved 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 3 as long as the pilose-striate cal.-tube —E. B. 8, 2928.— 
Distinguished by its leaves.—Jersey. P. VI. VII.] 
Order LXIII. PLANTAGINACE. 
Cal. 4-parted, persistent, imbricate, mferior. Cor. 4-parted 
