Genus Statice as represented at Blakeney Point. I. 265 
especially abundant just below the insertion of a leaf, where a double layer 
of irregular cells indicating the line of union of the broad leaf sheath and the 
stem is very rich in it. 
Text-fig. 14. Diagram of part of stem of S. binervosa. A = Main bank plant ; B = typical 
dwarf form ; c = broad-leaved form ; l) — muddy low plant; E = culture plant, per. — periderm ; 
co. ~ cortex ; scl. = sclereides ; ph. = secondary phloem ; sc. — sclerenchyma fibres ; m.r. — medul- 
lary rays; xy. — secondary xylem ; p. — pith. The dotted line indicates the limit of the pith, x 30. 
The stems of plants from the various habitats are in essential features 
similar to that of the tall form, and only differ in those characters such 
as have been described for the root, viz. in the proportion of the mechanical 
tissue present and in the size of the vessels. 
