Limonium gougetianum, (Girard) O. Kuntze

51. L. gougetianum (Girard) O. Kuntze View in CoL , Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 395 (1891).

Plant 10-20 cm, glabrous, slightly rough. Leaves 15-30x3-9 mm, obovate-spathulate, obtuse, 1-veined, in dense basal rosettes. Inflorescence with straight, rigid segments; non-flowering branches usually absent, rarely 1-4; basal branches sterile; scales 3-5 mm. Spikes 1-5-2 cm, with 7-9 contiguous spikelets per cm; spikelets 2-flowered. Inner bract c. 4 mm; outer bract overlapping of the inner. Calyx 4-5-5 mm; limb l i times as long as the tube. Corolla 5-6 mm, pale violet. Salt-marshes. Islas Baléares. BI. (Algeria.) (52-54). L. albidum group. Plant 7-25 cm, glabrous. Leaves obovate-spathulate to cuneate, 1- to 7-veined, in hemispherical basal rosettes. Flowering stems branched only in the upper part; non-flowering branches absent, sometimes a few basal branches sterile. Spikes 2-8 cm, lax. Calyx 4-5-7 mm, about equalling or exceeding the bracts. 1 Inner bract c. 7 mm; calyx about equalling bracts 53. frederici

1 Inner bract 3-4-5 mm; calyx exceeding bracts

2 Inner bract c. 4-5 mm; calyx exceeding bracts by c. 1 mm; spikelets 2- to 4(-6)-flowered 52. albidum

2 Inner bract 3-3-5 mm; calyx exceeding bracts by 2-2-5 mm; spikelets (l-)2-flowered 54. panormitanum