The Morphology and Anatomy of the Genus Statice 
as represented at Blakeney Point . 1 
Part /. Statice binervosa, G. E. Smith , and 
S. beliidifolia, D.C. (•-- S. reticulata ). 2 
BY 
E. de FRAINE, D.Sc., F.L.S., 
Westfield College , University of London. 
WITH SYSTEMATIC AND ECOLOGICAL NOTES BY E. J. SALISBURY, D.Sc., F.L.S. 
With Plate VI, twenty-eight Text Figures, and four Tables* 
Contents, 
PAGE 
PAGE 
I. 
Habitats of the Plants ex- 
5. The Inflorescence Axis . 
273 
AMINED, AND CONSIDERATION 
Statice beliidifolia : 
of the Factors involved . 
240 
1. The Root 
276 
II. 
Description of the Species 
246 
2. The Stem ..... 
277 
III. 
Anatomy 
250 
3. The Leaf ...... 
279 
The Glands ....... 
251 
4. The Inflorescence Axis . 
279 
Statice binervosa : 
IV. 
Comparison of the Anatomy of 
1. The Seedling . . . . 
257 
the Broad-leaved S. binervosa 
2. The Root 
258 
and its Possible Parents . 
279 
3. The Stem ..... 
263 
V. 
Summary . . . 
280 
4. The Leaf ...... 
266 
I N the summer of 1912, at the suggestion of Professor F. W. Oliver, 
an investigation of the various species of Statice which occur in such 
variety and profusion at Blakeney Point, Norfolk, was begun ; the area 
shares with the neighbouring Burnham-Brancaster system the distinction 
of possessing every British species of the genus with the exception of 
N. Dodartii (Gri.). 
The present paper is concerned with the forms which are more 
specially related to the shingle banks and lows, namely Statice binervosa , 
G. E. Smith, and S„ beliidifolia , D.C,, while the species more particularly 
characteristic of the salt marsh will be dealt with in a later communication. 
The floral morphology and ecology of the genus have been investi- 
gated by Dr. E. j. Salisbury, to whom the author is entirely indebted 
1 Blakeney Point Publication, Number 15. 
2 The nomenclature adopted is that used by Mr. C. E. Salmon, Journ. Bot., vol. li, p. 92 et seq. 
[Annals of Botany, Vol. XXX. No. CXVIIX. April, 1916.] 
