STATICE SINUATA. 
SINUOUS SEA LAVENDER. 
Order. 
PENTAGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
plumbagineai. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Levant. 
18 inches. 
June, Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1629. 
500. 
The Greek statizo, to stop, from its astringent 
qualities, is believed to be the origin of the present 
generic name. Sinuata from the Latin, used in 
allusion to the in-and-out margin of the leaves. 
This is a very singular flower — one that always 
excites admiration, by the peculiarity of its flow- 
ers. Whilst its corolla is colourless, and delicate, 
its calyx is its prominent banner of display, being 
lilac-coloured, and comparatively large. It is also 
scariose, or dry and chaffy ; consequently its colour 
continues good in the herbarium. 
Although this plant is perennial, it is the most 
easily cultivated as a biennial, by those who do not 
possess a greenhouse. Young plants may be kept 
in the cold frame, or by the use of some other con- 
venient house protection, but they will not so cer- 
tainly succeed after having flowered. Its seeds, 
which are sparingly produced, should be sown in 
spring, in a hot-bed; transplanted singly into pots, 
and protected during winter. These, if turned out, 
at the end of April, into a border of light rich soil, 
will amply repay the attention, which they may 
have received. 
Class. 
PENTANDRIA. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 2, 184. 
