S T A T IG E , Linn.
, Subgenus PSYLLIOSTACBIYS, Nob.
Plantse annuse, acaules : scapis simplicibus v. racemoso-ramulosis, erectis, gracilibus, ob-
soletè angulatis, plurimifloris, ad ramuloruminsertionem squamä scariosä stipatis, caeterö
nudis. Folia radicalia, rosulata, tenuia, runcinata (v. variatione integra), brevè petiolata.
Flores minuti, quasi spieati. Spicse solitarise, v. racemosée, cylindrcccece, dènsissimce, aüt
e racemulis 3-4-floris 2-bracteatis, aut è floribus absque ordine conspicuo glomerula-
tis singulisque 2-bracteatis composites. Corolla in fund ib ularis, 5-loba : tubo p a u lb supra
pasin staminigero. Stigmata filifo rm ia .
STATICE SISYMBRIFOLIA , Nob.
Statige spicata, Hohenacker! Enum. Plant. Prop. Talych. p. 3 a.
Foliis subtüs scapisque sublanatis. Scapi squamis opacis. Spicis erectis. Floribus sessilibus ^singulis
2-bracteatis. Calycè corollas tubo breviore, 5-Jobo, 5-aristato, basi glanduloso-hispidulo. Corolla
coerulescente; lobis ovatis, obtusis.
Radix in specimine imico nobis obvio'4 pollices longa, stricta, gracilis, rüfa, subsimplex, collo incrassata. Folia 2-3
pollices longa, conferta, basibus dilatatis submembrauaceis imbricata, circumscriptiöne lanceólato-oblonga, runcinato-
pmnatifida, cuspidato-acnminulata, costä lata petiolari sublüs sublanuginosd percursa, caetero obsolete venulosa; lacinias
obtusse y. acute, subtriangulares, insequilaterae: inferiores parvülse, superiores gradatim m ai o res«- Scapi circilèr 6, 3-7
pollices longi (adjectä spied terminali), rüfescentes, substricti, supernè sparsè squamati: alii macriores, simplices, i-stachyi,
alii robustiores, racemóso-rainulosi (ramulis plerisque adspicarum rachides reductis), pleiostachyi. Squame 3 -4 lineas longae,
ovate v, ovato-lanceolate, longè acuminate, concavae, i-nerviae, rufae, dorso sublanuginosae. Spice crassiusculas, plurimiflorae,
stnete, obtusse, in scapis macrioribus i 1/2-2 pollices longse, basi subinterrupte, in scapis vegetioribus 7-9 in racémum
digeste, al tern ai, remotiuseul*, infimse ramulo brevi nudo Sustente, cseterse sessiles. Bractee calycè paulo breviores, persistentes,
subcoriacese, amplexatiles, complicate, viridi-fuscae (margine hyalin o albido ma gis minusve lato), sub quo vis flore
binae, uniseriales : altera (exterior) oblongo-v. lineari-spathulata, subincurva, incumbeus, i-nervia, margine et dorso subla-
nata (villis crispis, hyalinis, albidis : aliis subulatis, aliis subclavatis), facie glabra, apice in aristulam erectam v. adscendentem
v. porrectam nünc uncinulatam nünc rectam cartilagineam cum nervo continuam desinens; altera (interior) duplo v. triplo
latior at plerumquè subbrevior, cuneiformis, v. cuneiformi-oblónga, apiceretusa v. 2-crenata, mutica, tenuitèr subquinque-
nervia, adapicemdorsi sublanata, caetero glabra. Floresimbricati, minuti, confertissimi, singuli pedicellobrevissimo crasso
suffulti. Caltx circitèr sesquilineam longus (adjectis aristis), persistehs, infundibuliformis, 5 -costatus, inter costas plicatus,
membranaceus, albido-hyalinus; lobi rotundati, aristulati; costae fuscae, ultra loborum marginem in aristulam subrectam
producte, a basi usque sechs medium simulac plicae densè hispidulae : setulis patentibus, rigidulis, albidis, hyalinis, subaequa-
libus, apice glandulä pellucidd nunc turbinatd nünc subglobosd coronalis. Corolla ferè 2 lineas longa, marcescens, glaber-
rima, disco obsöleto cum ovarii stipite concreto inserta; lobi subaequales, apice rotundati, sub anthesi patente?. Stamina
exserta. Filamenta capillaria, glabra, subaequalia, corollam subaequantia. Anthere minute, aequales, versatile?, medio dorso
adixae, oblongae, acutiusculae, a basi ad medium fissae; connectivo inconspicuo. Pistillum generis. Styli ca pil lares, glabri,
discreti, corollae tubo breviores. Stigmata obtusa, papilluloso-velutina. Fructus minimus (vix 3/4 lineae longus), calycis tubo
corolldque emarcidd obtectus, membranaceus, indehiscens, oblöngus, pentagonus, obtusus, substipitatus. Semen generis.
[Exam. s. sp.)