Salicornia. | CHENOPODIACE (Wright). 449 
all over ; ovule erect, subsessile. Utricle membranous, surrounded 
by the persistent spongy perianth, more or less immersed in the 
rhachis. Seed erect, oblong or ellipsoid, compressed, exalbuminous ; 
testa thinly coriaceous, covered with hooked hairs ; cotyledons 
conduplicate. 
Annual fleshy leafless herbs or shrubs ; stems articulate, erect or decumbent, 
glabrous ; branches opposite, dilated and sheath-like at the apex of the articula- 
tions ; spikes terminal, cylindrical. 
Distris. Species 9, widely spread on sea-coasts. 
Perianth of middle flower pointed or narrowly rounded 
in front ; annual ‘ios ve aie as ree 
Perianth of middle flower broad in front : 
Seeds oblong-oval ; perianth-tip flatly arched ; peren- 
Tigh ise a vag eee seen ie Pe 
Seeds lenticular ; perianth-tip strongly arched ... (8) natalensis. 
(1) herbacea. 
(2) fruticosa. 
1. 8. herbacea (Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 3); an annual herb; stem 
erect, 6-12 in. high, glabrous, branched only in the upper part ; 
branches patent, cylindrical, thick; articulations compressed, 
obtusely lobed; peduncles thickened above ; spikes cylindrical, 
4-1 in. long; perianth of the middle flower pointed or narrowly 
rounded in front; fruit oblong, 1 lin. long; albumen none or 
scanty. Moquin in DO. Prodr. xiii. ii. 144; Ungern-Sternb. Vers. 
Syst. Salic. 45; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 933; Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C, 
171; Volk. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. 1a, 77, fig. 36, 
G-L; Baker and C. B. Cl. in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vi. i. 86. 
S. annua, Smith in Sowerby, Engl. Bot. t. 415. 
Coast Rearon : Cape Div. ; Paarden Island, Drége ! 
Also on the coasts of Europe, North and Tropical Africa and America. 
2. §. fruticosa (Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. ii. 5); an erect fleshy shrub up 
to 3 ft. high, quite glabrous ; branches terete below, tetragonous 
above, upper articulations about 4 lin. long; spikes 1 in. long, 
formed of 3-flowered closely placed clusters ;. perianth concave, 
flat at the top ; seeds oblong-oval. Thunb. Prodr. 1 and Fl. Cap. ed. 
Schult. 1; Ungern-Sternb. Vers. Syst. Salic. 56. Arthroenemum 
fruticosum, Moquin, Chenop. Enum. 111, and in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 
151; Baker and C.B. Cl. in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vi. i. 86. 
Var. 8, capensis (Ungern-Sternb. Vers. Syst. Salic. 59) ; branches prostrate ; 
internodes of the youngest branches dilated and laterally compressed ; teeth 
faintly keeled on the back. . indica, Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Ungern-Sternb. l.c., not 
of Willd. 
Var. y, paardeneilandica (Ungern-Sternb. l.c.) ; branches long procumbent, 
rooting ; twigs ascending, usually herbaceous ; teeth very short, rounded ; flowers 
over 1 lin. long, S. herbacea, var. procumbens, Drége ex Ungern-Sternb, l.c. 
Var. 3, densiflora (Ungern-Sternb. l.c.); branches ascending, woody high up ; 
teeth shortly acuminate. 
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