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NOTES ON STATION *. 
By G. E. Salmon, F.L.S. 
XV. Statice yestita, sp. nov. 
(Plate 567.) 
In 1916 Dr. A. Grinzberger and others published, in Denksch. 
Kaiserl. Akad. der Wissensch. Band 92, pp. 261-404, It. viii, an 
extremely interesting account of the Natural History of the Smaller 
Islands and Rocks of Southern Dalmatia, which had been explored in 
1911 and 1914. The particular ones examined extended from Pomo 
in the west to the numerous rocky islets lying just east of Lagosta, 
and the excellent photographs accompanying the paper give one a 
good idea of the general character of this interesting group. 
In 1921 Dr. Grinzberger, in Osterr. bot. Zeit. 233-248, gave the 
results of the botanical researches in this region, the Statices that had 
been gathered having previously passed through my hands. At that 
time, with the material sent, I could not discover anything beyond 
8. cancellata and some forms which 1 then considered mere states of 
that species. Since then Dr. Grinzberger sent me a fuller series, and 
1 then saw that a remarkable plant from the Rock of Pomo and that 
of Kamil* (20 kilometers to the east) was clearly separable from 
8. cancellata in several particulars; this I now propose to describe 
and name. 
Statice vestita, sp. n. Planta comparate nana, puberula. Folia 
majuscula + arete rosulata, coriacea, subtus ssepe leprosa, obovato- 
rotundata in petiolum laminam sequantem vel fere sequantem attenuata, 
apice rotundata, ob marginem revolutam in sicco apice interdum 
leviter pseudo-retusa. Scapus4-8 (13) cm. altus, valde anfractuosus , 
a basi vel infra medium ramosus ; rami numerosi , intricati, ascen- 
denti-patentes, omnes fioriferi vel infimi steriles. Spicse satis densi- 
floiTe et zhelongatse vel breviores et laxiflorse, ascendenti-patentes. 
Spiculce unijlorcG. Bractese omnes puberulce ; media quam exterior 
paullo longior ; interior quam exterior fere ?>-plo longior; calyx 4.f— 
5 mm. longus; corolla circa 4 mm. diametro. 
Hoot perennial, woody, evidently long-lived, branching at the 
crown into several more or less short divisions bearing below the 
remains of former leaves and above the fresh rosettes more or less 
close together forming a cushion-like clump. Plant rather dwarf, 
puberulous. Peaces rather large (compared with scape), 1-veined, 
coriaceous, “ spongy ” above when dry, often scurfy beneath, obovate- 
rotundate tapering into a petiole shorter than or equalling lamina, 
apex rounded, when dry sometimes slightly pseudo-retuse on account 
of the revolute margin ; leaf-rosettes recalling those of 8. panormitana 
Tod. Scape 4-8 (13) cm. high, + erect, noticeably zig-zag, branched 
from near the base or below the middle. Branches many, ascending- 
patent, entangled, all floriferous or the very lowest almost simple 
* See Journ. Bot. 1903, 65 ; 1904, 361 ; 1905, 5, 54 : 1907, 24, 428; 1908, 1 ; 
1909, 285 ; 1911, 73; 1913, 92 ; 1915, 237, 325 ; 1917, 33 ; 1922, 345. 
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