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thick, the sheaths 2-lobed, the lobes acutely mucronate; flowering spikes 2-12 cm. long, 4-6 
mm. thick, obtuse, the numerous joints as broad as long or broader; flowers 3 in each group, 
the central one higher and larger than the lateral ones and extending nearly or quite to the top 
of the joint; seed nearly black, 1.5-2 mm. long, covered with short curved hairs. 
‘Typ# Locality: Salt marshes, vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts. 
DIstRIBuTION: In salt marshes along the coast, Nova Scotia to Texas; southern California; 
Yucat4n; Bahamas, Cuba, and Porto Rico. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Britt. & Brown, Ill. Fl. f. 1390; ed. 2. f. 1707; G. T. Stevens, Ill. Guide pl. 
6. Salicornia rubra A. Nelson, Bull. Torrey Club 26: 122. 1899. 
Salicornia rubra prona Lunell, Am. Midl. Nat. 1: 236. 1910. 
Erect annual, 1-2.5 dm. high, becoming bright-red in age, very densely branched, the 
branches ascending or erect, the joints 5-13 mm. long, 1-2 mm. thick, the lobes of the sheaths 
acute or acutish; flowering spikes 0.6-5 cm. long, 1.5~2.5 mm. thick, the numerous joints 
about as broad as long; flowers 3 in each group, subequal, the central one highest and reaching 
nearly or quite to the top of the joint; seed about 1.2 mm. long, brown, covered with short 
curved hairs. 
TypE Locality: Laramie, Wyoming. 
DistTrRrBvuTIoNn: In alkaline soil, western Kansas and Nebraska to Saskatchewan and Nevada. 
7. Salicornia europaea L. Sp. Pl. 3. 1753. 
Salicornia europaea herbacea L,. Sp. Pl. 3. 1753. 
Salicornia virginica L. Sp. Pl. 4. 1753. 
Salicornia herbacea L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2.5. 1762. 
Salicornia herbacea virginica L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2.5. 1762. 
Salicornia europaea annua Gouan, Hort. Monsp. 2. 1762. 
Salicornia annua Sm. Engl. Bot. pl. 415. 1797. 
Salicornia procumbens Sm. Engl. Bot. pl. 2475. 1813. 
Sarcathria virginica Raf. Fi. Tell. 3: 47. 1837. 
Salicornia herbacea pachystachya Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. ed. 2. 693. 1844. 
Salicornia herbacea patula Crép. Man. FI. Belg. ed. 3. 363. 1874. 
Salicornia europaea pachystachya Fernald, Rhodora 9: 206. 1907. 
Erect annual, 0.5-4.5 dm. high, often simple at the base, usually much branched above, 
the branches erect or ascending, slender, the joints 5~25 mm. long, 1-2.5 mm. thick, often 
red or reddish in age; flowering spikes 2.5—6 cm. long, 1.5-3 mm. or sometimes 4.5 mm. thick, 
tapering above, the joints longer than thick, usually 10-15 or even more in each spike; flowers 
3 in each cluster, subequal, the terminal one much higher than the others and reaching two 
thirds the distance to the apex of the joint; seed 1.5-2 mm. long, brown, covered with short 
curved hairs. 
TYyPH LOCALITY: Seashores of Europe. 
DrsTrrsution: In salt marshes, New Brunswick to Georgia, and in saline soil in New Brunswick 
and New York; on the Pacific Coast from Cook Inlet, Alaska, to British Columbia, and in eastern 
California; also in the Dutch West Indies, Europe, Asia, the East Indies, and Africa, 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Reichenb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 24: pl. 286; Engl. Bot. pl. 415, 2475; Fl. Dan. pl. 303; 
E. & P. Nat. Pfl. 314: f. 36, G-L; Britt. & Brown, Ill. Fl. f. 1389; ed. 2. f. 1706; Lam. Tab. Encyc. 
pl. 4; Schkubr, Handb. 9/1. 1; Sv. Bot. pl. 252; Baxter, Brit. Bot. pl. 307; Schnizl. Iconogr. 2: 
pl. 101; Perrin, Brit. Fi. Pl. 1: gl. 57; Moss, Cambr. Brit. Fl. pl. 199; Pratt, Fl. Pl. Great Brit. pl. 
180, f. 1; Fiori & Paol. Ic. Fl. Ital. f. 1030; Hegi, Ill. Fl, pl. 97, f. 1, f. 557, ai; G. T. Stevens, Ii. 
Guide $l. 36, f. 7; Benth. Ill. Handb. f. 831. 
8. Salicornia prostrata Pall. Ill. Pl. 8. 1803. 
Salicornia herbacea myosuroides R. & S. Syst. Veg. 1: 38. 1817. 
ase iE herbacea procumbens Mert. & Koch, Deuts. Fl. 1: 291. 1823. Not S. procumbens Sm. 
Ceres europaea prostrata Fernald, Rhodora 9: 206. 1907. 
Annual, usually dark-green, 1-2 dm. high, freely branched, the branches forming a wide 
angle with the stems, the lower branches elongate, 1.5-2 dm. long, prostrate or procumbent, 
or the whole plant depressed and matted, the joints 5~12 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. thick, the 
sheaths rounded or lobed, the lobes acutish; spikes slender, 1-7 cm. long, 2-2.5 mm. thick, 
tapering above, often branched, the joints much longer than broad; flowers 3 in each group, 
