NOTES. 
REDISCOVERY OF STATICE ARBOREA AND DISCOVERY OF A 
NEW, ALLIED SPECIES. — Since the publication of my articles on the Statices of 
the Noliles- section in these Annals (vol. xx, nos. lxxviii and lxxix), one species, 
Static e arborea, of that section which had been all but lost, has been rediscovered, 
thanks to the persevering efforts of Dr. G. V. Perez, of Orotava. 
1. Of Statice arborea I said, 1 . c., p. 212, that it ‘ inhabited at some time within the 
last no years two very small areas on the north coast of Teneriffe, one at the 
Burgado Cove, the other at Daute, whilst a third equally small area on El Freyle 
harbours still a much stunted form of it/ There can be no doubt that it has 
actually disappeared from the Burgado Cove, and it is the Daute locality where 
Statice arborea has been rediscovered. It was found here by Broussonet early in the 
last century, and as the species was described by Willdenow from his material, 
Daute is the locus classicus of the species. In August of last year specimens, 
collected by a shepherd on some precipitous rocks just below the hamlet of the 
‘ Tanque Bajo,’ not far from Daute, and known as ‘Gateadero/ were brought 
to Dr. Perez, who kindly communicated them to Kew. This year he received 
further material from the same locality. This time it did not come direct from 
there, but was taken from a plant which five years ago had been transferred from 
‘Gateadero’ to the garden of a peasant, Domingo Reyes, at Genovas, not far 
from Icod. The preservation of the species in that locality is no doubt due to 
its inaccessibility, even for goats. The specimens had, in fact, to be hauled up by 
ropes to which hooks were attached. Dr. Perez observes that the specimens which 
he first received resemble much the form fruticans from El Freyle, but for the 
leaves which were 2-3 times larger, whilst that from the cottage garden at Genovas 
represents the typical arborescent form, and is ‘at present (June, 1907) 1-57 m. 
high and 3 m. in circumference.’ 
2. Last August Dr. Perez received plants of a Statice from Masca, on the west 
coast of Teneriffe, which he had not seen before, and which he suggested might be 
Statice Preauxii (see Annals of Botany, vol. xx, p. 308). He very generously sent 
them to Kew. From a photograph, which Professor Baccarini Pasquale, of Florence, 
made for me of the original of Statice Preauxii in Webb’s herbarium, and from his 
notes, it is perfectly clear that the Statice from Masca resembles very much Statice 
Preauxii in general appearance, but also that they are specifically distinct, and the 
former is therefore a new species. It is a very remarkable addition to the small 
Nobiles-g roup and apparently as restricted in its distribution as any of them, having 
so far been found only on a single high rock, known as ‘ Tabucha,’ about three miles 
from the sea, facing west to south-west, and not far from Masca, which is south of 
Punta Feno. I propose to call it Statice Perezii , after Dr. G. V. Perez, and give below 
[Annals of Botany, Vol. XXII. No. LXXXV. January, 1908.] 
