ARMENTUM

ALBUM re n. n. ASr-me?nt’u8m(u‘m). White lead; basic lead carbonate. [B, 196.] ARMERTA (Lat.), n. f. ‘ri?-a?. Ger., Grasnelke (2d def.). 1. An ancient name for the Lychnis flos cuculi, _ [L, 105.] 2. A genus of plumbaginaceous plants separated by Willdenow from the genus Statice, including species with flowers having a tubular-infundibuliform calyx and a 5-parted corolla, borne in compact heads surrounded by bracts the outer of which are prolonged upon the scape in the form of a sheath. [B, 19, 180.]—A. elongata [toftmann|. See A. vulgar is.—A. latifolia [Willdenow]. Broad leaved sweet-william, A species with very broad leaves and rosered flowers, indigenous to southern Europe and cultivated in the United States. [B, 34.]—A. maritima [Willdenow]. The A. vulgar is, var. maritima. [B, 180.|—A. purpure a f och]. The A. vulgar is, var, purpure a, |B.]—A. rubra latifolia. See A. latifolia.—A. scorzonerifolia [Link]. See A. latifolia—A. vularis [Willdenow]. Ger., gemeine Grasnelke. Syn.: Statice a. flinnens), Sea-pink, thrift. A species growing in sandy regions throughout Great Britain and Continental Europe, distinguished by its linear, acute, ciliate, downy leaves, and ovate bracts, the exterior terminating in a bristle-shaped extremity. Three varieties are distinguished: 1. The 4. vulgar is, var. elongata, the Statice elongata of Hoffmann, the most common variety. 2. A purple flowered variety, A. vulgar is, var. purpure a. 3, A. vulgar is, var. maritima, the A, maritima of Willdenow and the Statice pubescens of Hayne, a maritime variety characterized by its obtuse leaves, short scapes covered with fine hairs, truncate bracts, and hairy calyx. e leaves ( folia statices) have a mild astringent action and were formerly used in diarrhoea, in menorrhagia, and in the preparation of gargles for oral affections; and the flowers (flores armer iæ) were used as a styptic. [B, 180; L, 57.]—Flores armer iæ. The flowers of A. vulgar is. [L, 57.]