PLUMBAGIN'ACEJE. 22' 



Sandy f..-lds. April — Sept. Biennial. Shapes 3 to 10 inches high, an. 

 •J to 3 inches long, obtuse. Bracts nearly as long as the calyx. F 

 yellowish, with the anthers exseri.cd in some specimen?, and includcd'and small in 

 others. Seeds oval, concave on the inner face. 



5. P. PUSILLA, Nutt. Dwarf Plantain. 



Minutely woolly: leaves llnear-suholate, flat, entire, acute : scape tcreie. si I 



longer than the leaves; spike loosely-flowered, the lower flowers distant : i 



ite; st '.mens short. 



Dry bare soil and rocky hills. April— Aug. Annual. Scape 2 to G in 



high, slender. Leaves crowded, about 1 inch long. Spike % to 2 inches Ion - 



interrupted. 



Order Go. PLUHBAGINACEffi.— Leachcort Family. 



LTerl&ceoi'.s plants or under 'shrubs , with alternate or clustered leaves, somewhat 

 it d at base, and regular b-merous flowers, in loose panicles or contracted Unto 

 heads. Calyx tubular, plaited, persistent. Corolla monopetalous, or of 5 regular 

 petals. Stamens 5, opposite the separate petals or the lobes of the corolla. Ovap.y 

 free, 1-celled, with a solitary ovule hanging from a long cord which rises from the 

 base of the cell. Fruit an utricle. 



1. STATICE, Tourn. Sea Lavender. 



Gr. statile. to stop, en aecount of its astringcn.'-y. 



Calyx funnel-form, 5-toothed. Petals 5j united at 

 base. Stamens 5, inserted on the claws of the petals. 

 Styles 5, separate. Fruit membraneous and indehiscent, 

 1 -seeded, in the bottom of the calyx. — Salt-marsh perennials , 

 with thick and stalked radical leaves, and small flowers loosely 

 spiked 07i the branches of a compound corymb, one-sided, abraded. 



1. S. Limonium, L. Marsh Rosemary. 



Leaves obovate-lanceolate or oblong, tipped with a point, 1-ribbed ; scape much 

 branched, the . flowers rather crowded along the uppor side of the spreading 

 branchlcts. 



salt marshes, rar^. Aug. Scape about a foot -high, with several lanceolate, 

 clasping bracts. Calyx pink, hairy along the angles. Corolla pale-blue. Root 

 thick and woody, very astringent. Perhaps not a native of this State. 



2. ARMERIA, Willd. Thrift. 



Calyx tubular, bell-shaped, 5-angled, with 5 shallow 

 lobes, plaited. Petals 5, almost distinct. Stamens 5, 

 inserted, on the base of the petals. Styles 5, distinct. 

 Fruit indehiscent, invested by the calyx. — Perennials, with . 

 mostly linear radical leaves, and a simple scape, appendaged above, 

 with the showy rose-colored flowers in a dense head. 



1. A. vulgaris, Willd. Thrift. 



Leaves linear, fiat, obtuse ; outer bracts of the involucre ovate, acute, shorter • 

 than the sheathing appendage at their base : scjpe terete, smooth, 



