PLUMBAGINACE^. 



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flowers in terminal heads, with bracts tinged with red, and 

 ciliated, the calyx slender and tubular, the corolla with a 

 long tube, and the limb salver-shaped and of a bright blue; 

 stamens joined together at the base, anthers black and pro- 

 duced beyond the tube. This plant grows from cuttings, 

 and is very ornamental in the greenhouse, where it should 

 be potted in peat soil and vegetable mould mixed with lime 

 rubbish ; the pot should also be well drained. 



STATICE. (Sea Lavender.) 



Gen. Char. (Pentandria Pentagynia.) Calyx two-leaved, entire, 

 plaited, membranous ; petals five ; flowers scattered in a panicle. 



From the Greek for to stop, as the plants were used to 

 arrest some disorders. The genus is well known in the 

 garden, but there are some handsome species for the green- 

 house, as jonrpurata, scabra, rytidophjlla, and cinerea, from 

 the Cape ; mucronata, from the north of Africa ; arbor ea, 

 from Teneriffe : these have purple, lilac, or white flowers ; 

 besides these, frutescens, Halfordii, imbricata, macrojpliylla, 

 and Wittdenovii are recommended for the greenhouse. They 

 are easy of culture, and the roots may be divided. 



