350 LXVII. PLUMB AGINACEj-E. [ Sdmolus. Sit 
D. Capsule half-superior , opening by valves. Embryo transverse. 
Samolea:. (Gen. 9.) 
9. Samolus Linn. Brookweed. • 
Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. salver-shaped, its tube short, with 5 scales 
(imperfect stamens ) at its mouth, alternating with the lobes. 
Capsule half inferior, opening with 5 valves. — Name, accord- 
ing to Pliny, an ancient Druidical one for some now unknown 
marsh-plant, possessed of wonderful sanatory properties ; pro- 
bably the same as slan-lus, in Celtic, the healing herb , or all-heal , 
imitated in Latin by samolus , as if derived from sanus, whole. 
1. S. Valerdndi ( Brookweed , L. or Water Pimpernel) ; leaves 
obtuse, racemes many-flowered, pedicels with a small bractea. 
E. B. t. 703. 
Marshy and watery places, especially in a gravelly soil. In Scot- 
land always near the sea and chiefly on the west coast. 7t. 6 — 9. 
— A plant very generally dispersed throughout the world. Stem 
8 — 10 inches high, nearly terete, glabrous, as are the ovate, subpe- 
tiolate, entire, fleshy leaves. Flowers small, white. Cal. small, 5- 
cleft, persistent ; its segments crowning the subglobose capsule. 
Ord. LXYII. PLUMB AGIN ACE3E Juss. 
Calyx tubular. Corolla regular, of 5 united or distinct petals • 
Stam. hypogynous or inserted upon the corolla. Ovary solitary, 
1 -celled, with one ovule suspended from the apex of a stalk 
arising from the base of the cell. Styles 5, sometimes united to 
the middle or to the summit. Stigmas 5. Capsule indehiscent 
or opening irregularly, 1 -seeded. Embryo straight in the axis 
of farinaceous albumen. — Herbaceous or somewhat shrubby plants. 
Flowers often capitate or spiked. 
1. Armeria. Styles hairy. Scapes simple : flowers capitate. 
2. Statice. Styles glabrous. Scapes panicled. 
1. Armeria Willd. Thrift. Sea-Pink. 
Cal. funnel-shaped, plaited, dry and membranous. Pet. 
united at the base, bearing the stamens. Styles distinct, hairy : 
stigmas filiform, glandular. ( Flowers collected into a bracteate 
rounded head with an inverted cylindrical sheath.) — Name: 
Flos Armeria was applied by the botanists of the middle ages 
to some of the Sweet-William pinks, and is, according to Clusius, 
the French word armoiries Latinized. 
1. A. vulgaris Willd. ( common T. or S., or Sea-Gillifloicer) ; 
leaves linear 1 -nerved, awns of the calyx short. A. maritima 
Willd. Statice Armeria L. — a. leaves flattish above, calyx- 
tube uniformly hairy. A. maritima Boiss. — ft. leaves flattish 
above, calyx-tube hairy on the ribs glabrous between them. 
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