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from the figure published in Flore de Serres (tab. 2292) in 1877, and drawn 
from a plant received from Kew, the Kew stock of Statice Bourgaei attained 
subsequently quite the dimensions of Bourgeau’s herbarium specimens 
distributed under No. 564, and the same may be said of a plant still in 
cultivation at Kew. 
During the last few years Kew received from Dr. Perez a fine suite of 
specimens which were put down either as Statice Bourgaei or as nearly 
related to it. They may be grouped in four sets. 
Set 1 marked ‘ Statice Bourgaei (original plant from I'amara) ’ agrees 
with Bourgeau’s Nos. 335 and 564, except in so far as the specimens are 
still more robust, and have all the leaves broad-ovate with a suddenly 
contracted, decurrent, and mostly (not always) lobed base, the blades 
measuring up to 13 by 10 cm., excluding the decurrent base. 
Set 2 represents a plant which — if I interpret Dr. Perez’s note cor- 
rectly — was originally received from Lanzarote, and had been in cultivation 
with Dr. Perez for how long I cannot say, but apparently not for more than 
one or two years. The specimens of this set have much enlarged in- 
florescences, up to 25 cm. high (from the lowest branch) and as broad, 
with more conspicuous but irregular wings, and less hairy almost orbicular 
blades (about 10-11 cm. in diameter), and with more or less decurrent and 
usually sinuately-lobed bases. 
Set 3 was raised from seeds received from Ye, a locality, according to 
Dr. Perez’s description, evidently not very far from the Salinas, and half an 
hour from the seashore. The blades are still more glabrescent than in 
set 2, have entire decurrent bases, and also show in their upper parts only 
traces of lobing, or even not as much as that, whilst the wings of the 
primary axis of the inflorescence vary from 1-5-13 mm. in width. 
Set 4 has magnificent large inflorescences and leaves like those of set 2, 
but quite glabrous, and axial wings varying from 2-8 mm. width. It 
originated from seeds, also gathered in Lanzarote, but where is not stated. 
In spite of the considerable diversity exhibited by the plants of 
Dr. Perez’s four sets, I do not hesitate to consider them merely as individual 
variations of Statice Bourgaei, some characters of which have probably 
become particularly accentuated under the influence of cultivation. 
I have already pointed out that Webb and Berthelot’s and Lowe’s 
stations of the typical Statice puberula are identical, and they cover evidently 
a very small area. 4 Los Tanques ’ I have not found in any map, but it 
is very likely in the neighbourhood of the Salinas. In any case it is in 
the Famara, and I believe I am right in tracing all the plants of Dr. Perez’s 
four sets to the same district, so that the area inhabited by Statice puberula 
and Statice Bourgaei covers a small piece of rocky coast on the south side 
of El Rio, whilst an equally small or still smaller strip of land on the 
northern side of El Rio harbours exclusively the dwarf Statice puberula. 
