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LX VII. PLUMBAGINACEyE. 
[ Statice. 
Creek, Sussex ; Fareham Creek, &c., near Portsmouth ; Devonshire ; 
Kent ; Suffolk. Wigton and Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Galway, 
Ireland. I). 7, 8. — Too nearly allied to S. Limonium, to which 
indeed it is united by Mr. Bentham. 
3. S. binervusa G. E. Sm. (upright- spiked S.) ; leaves spa- 
tliulate narrowed into a winged stalk more or less mucronate 
somewhat 3-nerved at the base, scape branched from below the 
middle, panicle elongated, branches distichous, spikes erect, 
calyx with plane blunt segments without intermediate teeth, 
E. B. S. t. 2663. S. cordata G. E. Smith in Cat. of PL of 
Kent , p. 18. t. 2. f. 2 (vix Linn.) S. spathulata Hook. Brit. FI. 
S. Limonium f. E. FI. v. ii. p. 116. S. auriculsefolia Bentk. 
(scarcely of Vahl). 
On rocks and cliffs near the sea. Coast of Kent in several places ; 
Harwich; rocks near Holyhead ; St. Bees’ Head, near Whitehaven ; 
Devon; Somerset. Mull of Galloway, and south of Clanyardfell, 
Wigtonshire ; Scotland. Dublin, Waterford, and north of Ireland. 
Jersey and Guernsey. U. 7, 8. — This has been divided into two 
species by Boissier : 1. S. Dndartii Gir., sterile branches none, spikes 
thick and densely imbricated ; 2. S. nccidentalis Lloyd, a few of the 
lower branches sterile, spikes slender. We find every intermediate 
form among our British specimens : it is true that Boissier adduces 
some other characters, but these we cannot perceive in any of them. 
Mr. Babington (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 3rd ser., vi. p. 403) 
considers that he has at length obtained the true 5. Dodartii from 
Portland, Dorset, found by Prof. Henslow ; but he has given no 
description, and we have seen no specimens. According to Boissier, 
who had examined the specimens, the S', spathulata of Desfontaines is 
quite a different species, although the characters sufficiently accord. 
We adhere to the appellation given by G. E. Smith, in preference to 
the much more modern one of Lloyd, adopted by Boissier in De Can- 
dolle’s Prodromus. The mucro of the leaves is small, always or usually 
dorsal just below the extremity. 
4. S. Cdspia Willd. ( malted S.) ; leaves spathulate, scapes 
paniculated almost from the base with numerous slender zigzag 
distinctly bracteated branches, of which the upper ones only 
bear flowers, axils of the branches acute-angled, flowers 
crowded, calyx with ovate cuspidate toothed segments with- 
out intermediate teeth. S. reticulata Sm. (not Linn. Sp. Pl.) 
E. B. t. 328. 
Muddy salt-marshes, rare. Norfolk, principally at Cley and Wis- 
beach. 2). 7, 8 Much smaller than either of the two last, with 
very short leaves. Scapes several from the same root, remarkable 
for their numerous, slender, entangled, barren branches, and small 
crowded flowers, in distichous terminal spikes. S. reticulata L., a Mal- 
tese plant, as far as regards the character in the Species Plantarum and 
reference to the figures in Boccone and Plukenet, is, according to 
Boissier, the S. cancellata Bernh., a species with acute lobes to the 
