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STATICE*. 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'\'dria+, Pkntag y'nia. 
Natural Order. Plumbagi'neas, Dr. R. Brown . — Lindl. Syn. 
p. 170. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 195. — Rich, by Macgilliv. 
p. 430. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 530. — Plumbagines, Juss. Gen. PI. 
p. 92. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 94. — Syringai.es; subord. Primu- 
losa? ; section, Plantagi.ya? ; type, Armekiacete ; subtype, 
Staticid^e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 900, 958, 1026, 1028, and 
1029. — Aggregate, Linnceus. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal, funnel-shaped, 
plaited, membranaceous, dry and permanent. Corolla (figs. 2 & 3.) 
funnel-shaped, of 5 petals, tapering downwards, united at the base, 
dilated upwards, blunt, spreading. Filaments (see figs. 3 & 4.) 5, 
awl-shaped, shorter than the corolla, attached to the claws of the 
petals. Anthers incumbent. Germen roundish, very minute. 
Styles (see fig. 4.) 5, thread-shaped, spreading, permanent. Stigmas 
acute. Capsule oblong, somewhat cylindrical, membranous, of 
1 cell, and 1 valve, with 5 points, (see fig. 5.) ; clothed with the 
permanent calyx, and surmounted by its filmy border. Seed soli- 
tary, elliptic-oblong, pendulous by a hair-like receptacle. 
'1 he monosepalous, dry, and membranaceous calyx ; the corolla 
of 5 petals, united at the base ; and the capsule of 1 cell, with 
1 seed, clothed with the calyx ; will distinguish this from other 
genera in the same class and order. 
Four species British. 
STA'TICE LI.MO'NIUM. Spreading-spiked Thrift. Common 
Sea Lavender J. 
Spec. Char. Leaves elliptic-spear-shaped, stalked, single rib- 
bed, with a nearly terminal bristle, (see fig. 6). Stalk angular, with 
a much-branched spreading corymb at the top. Calyx with deep, 
acute, plaited segments, and intermediate teeth. 
Engl. Bot. t 102. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 394.— Hu.Is. FI An-1. (2nd ed.) p. 132. 
(excl. syn. 7 .) — Sin. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 341. (excl. syn. (3.) ; Engl. FI. v. it. p. 116. 
(excl. syn. 3 .). — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 405. (excl. var 1 ). — Lindl. Syn p. 170. 
— Hook. Brit. FI. p. 145. — Relit. FI. Cant. (3rd ed ) p 131. — Davies’ Welsh 
Bot. p. 31. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 97. — Bev. G Ii. Smith’s PI. of South Kent, t.‘2. 
tigs. 1 & 3. — Curt. Brit. Kntorn. v. i. t. 47. — FI. Devon, pp. 55 3c 141. — Johnst. 
FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 74. — Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and Duiham, p.21. — Mack. 
Calal. of PI. of Del. p . 3 1 . — Limonium commune, Cray’s Nat. Air. v. ii. p.296. 
(excl. syn. B cx <y.). — Limonium, Ray’s Syn. p. 201. — Johnson’s Ger. p. 411. 
Local i rirs. — On salt marshes ; rocks on the sea-coast ; and about the mouths 
of large rivers; common. — Cambridgesh. I’ydd Marsh, near Wisbeach: Air. 
Skim.mshire. — Cheshire; Shotes and inlets of Wallasey Pool, in the Alersev; 
Mr. Watson, in N. B. G. — Devon; Marshes at lopsham ; Clyst; and Ex- 
minster; and rocks round l orb.iy : FI. Devon. Brauuton Burroughs: N.B. G. 
Cliffs near Paignton ; 11. Woollcowbe, Esq. On the shore between Star-cioss 
Fig. 1. Calyx opened vertically. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. The same opened 
vertically to show the 5 Stamens. — Fig. 4. The Stamens and Pistils. — Fig. 5. A 
Capsule. — Fig. 6. The extremity of a Leaf, showing the terminating bristle. 
_ * From statiso, Gr. to stop ; from its supposed qualities in checking dysen- 
tery. Hooker. 
t See Anchuso semperv'rens, folio 48, note f. 
4 From the similarity of appearance in the blue blossoms of this plant to those 
of the Lavender. 
