STA'TICE FORTU'NI. 
MR. fortune’s SEA LAVENDER. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
PLUMBAGINACE M. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers 
Duration. 
Introduced 
China. 
1 foot. 
July to Oct. 
Perennial. 
in 1844. 
No. 1076. 
Statice, from statizo, to stop, from the astrin- 
gent properties of the plant. 
This is one of the many plants collected by Mr. 
Fortune, in China, and which promises to be a 
desirable acquisition to our gardens. A yellow 
Statice is a novelty which has not been expected ; 
and it cannot be doubted but hundreds of other 
rarities will, ultimately, be drawn from these vast 
territories, from which Europeans have so long, 
and so perseveringly, been shut out. Mr. Fortune, 
was sent to China, by the London Horticultural 
Society, in the spring of 1843, and returned in 
1840; having been absent somewhat more than 
three years, gathering a rich harvest of interesting 
subjects, never before introduced to Europe. 
The Statice Fortuni is supposed to he quite 
hardy, hut having been so lately introduced, this 
has not been proved to a certainty. In loam and 
peat, it ilowers very freely, and may be increased 
from cuttings of the side shoots, which spring from 
the crown of the plant. Perhaps, like some other 
species of Statice, it can be also propagated from 
cuttings of the roots. 
