A very pretty little plant, the representative of the British Pinguicida Lusitanica, L., from which it differs in the narrower segments of the corolla and shorter spur. It is not uncommon on moist rocks in Fuegia.
Plate CXIX. Fig. 1, lateral, and fig. 2, front view of flower; fig. 3, calyx, germen, and stamens; fig. 4, stamen; fig. 5, germen; fig. 6, transverse section of the ovarium; fig. 7, ripe fruit; fig. 8, seed; fig. 9, embryo:—all magnified.
XXXIX. PLUMBAGINEÆ, Juss.
1. STATICE, Tourn.
Statice Armeria, Linn., Sp. Pl. p. 394. Engl. Bot. t. 226. S. cæspitosa, Poiret, Encycl. p. 235. Gaud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. vol. v. p. 102. D'Urv. in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris, vol. iv. p. 606.
Var. β alpina; Ed. Cat. p. 2. Hook. Brit. Fl. p. 270.
Hab. Var. α, Strait of Magalhaens, Commerson; Port Famine, Capt. King; Falkland Islands, most abundant near the sea; Gaudichaud, &c. Var. β on the mountains of Fuegia, C. Darwin, Esq., J. D. H.
There can, I think, be no question as to this being identical with the S. Armeria of the northern hemisphere; if any specific or other distinction exists, it has eluded Mr. Watson's and my examination. Both as an alpine and especially as a sea-side plant, its habits are those of the common Sea-Pink.
XL. PLANTAGINEÆ, Venten.
1. PLANTAGO, Linn.
1. Plantago maritima, Linn., Sp. Pl. p. 165. Engl. Bot. t. 175. P. juncoides, Lam. Illust. Gen. n. 1683.
Hab. Strait of Magalhaens; Port Famine and Port Gregory, Capt. King.
I am not aware of any South American stations for this plant except those mentioned above; it is also a native of the Cape of Good Hope, but not of Australia or New Zealand.
2. Plantago barbata, Forst.; laxe cæspitosa simplex v. ramosa, foliis erectis stellatim patentibus recurvisve lineari-lanceolatis anguste lineari-elongatisve subacutis carnosis remote dentatis basi scariosis barbatis glabratisve, pedunculis folio subæquantibus, spicis 1-3-floris, capsulæ late obovatse medio circumscissæ parte inferiore calycem vix excedente. P. barbata, Forst. Comm. Goett. vol. ix. t. 4. P. pauciflora, Lam. Illust. Gen. n. 1684. P. pauciflora, β, parva, Barneoud Monogr. Plantag. p. 17. P. polymorpha, Banks et Sol. MSS. in Bibl. Banks, cum icone.
Var. α, barbata; foliis stellatim patentibus spathulate-lanceolatis dentatis basi barbatis.
Var. β elongata; caule simpliciusculo, foliis erectis anguste et longissime lineari-spathulatis obtusis remote sinuato-dentatis basi barbatis.
Var. γ, imberbis; caule ramoso, foliis patulis lanceolatis obtusis remote dentatis basi sub-barbatis. P. imberbis, Hook. fil. MSS. in Part 1. p. 66.
Hab. Var. α, Strait of Magalhaens, Commerson; Tierra del Fuego, Banks and Solander, Forster. Var. β Port Gregory, Capt. King. Var. γ, Port Famine, Capt. King.
A highly variable plant; always, however, in all the specimens which I have examined, retaining the characters of a short capsule dehiscing across the middle, the broad lower half of which is as long as, or very little longer than the calyx, and of a different form from the narrow obconical elongated analogous organ of P. monanthos.
