2 1 2 Stapf — Statices of the Canaries of Subsection Nobiles. 
neighbourhood. But, as Statice macrophylla has never been observed by 
any one else in this locality, but only some distance to the east of 
Orotava, I would suggest the following explanation. On both labels 
Herr Mann adds after ‘La Longera ’ in brackets: ‘ sea coast.’ May he 
not have meant in both cases ‘ La Longuera ’ simply to stand for sea coast 
or shore, not considering it necessary to be more precise ? ‘ Longuera ’ 
in Spanish means any long and narrow strip of land, and so he may 
have used it as ‘ nomen genericum,’ whilst to a native of Teneriffe c La 
Longuera ’ would be the Longuera kolt k^oxjqv and some perfectly definite 
spot, such as the shore opposite the Burgado rocks. 
Considering all the circumstances, it seems quite certain to me that 
the typical and now extinct Statice arborea of Masson and Broussonet 
was a perfectly distinct species which inhabited at some time within 
the last 110 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 the El Freyle, harbours still a much stunted form of it. 
Whether the latter formerly occurred along with the arborescent state 
in the other two areas we do not know, nor how far its subacaulescent 
habit has become fixed or is merely the result of the conditions of the 
habitat. It may, however, for the present, be distinguished from typical 
Statice arborea as Statice arborea forma frutcscens . Plants of Statice 
arborea were early taken into cultivation in Teneriffe, and the specimens 
now in possession of Dr. Perez, and (one) of Kew are descendants of 
the extinct species with a distinct strain of Statice 7nacrophylla. 
