figured by DILLENIUS, whose leaves have a great similarity of
structure, and which are considered by LINNÆUS as varieties of
this species; our plant is the _Stellatum_ of MILLER's _Dict._
_ed._ 6. 4_to_.

Like most of this tribe it inhabits the Cape, flowers in July, and is
readily propagated by cuttings.




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~Statice sinuata. Purple-cup't Statice, or Thrift.~


_Class and Order._

~Pentandria Pentagynia.~

_Generic Character._

_Cal._ 1-phyllus, integer, plicatus, scariosus. _Petala_ 5. _Sem._ 1.
superum.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

STATICE _sinuata_ caule herbaceo, foliis radicalibus alternatim pinnato
sinuatis: caulinis ternis triquetris subulatis decurrentibus. _Lin.
Syst. Vegetab._ _p._ 301.