84 MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Sadicornia. 
ASALICORNLIA. Schreb. gen. N. 14... Be 
Calyx gibbous like an aril lining the inside of the cavities 
of the fructification in the joints, Corol none, Seed one. 
1. S. brachiata. R. 
Perennial, erect; branches nica amaeibe Joints 
clubbed. _ Spikes cylindric. 
Teling. Quoiloo. | HEB REO 
This seems an weidivierthod plant ; nor can I wien what 
Dr. Kénig thought it was. It is a small, generally erect, _ 
‘perennial species, growing plentifully on such low, wet, salt 
‘ground as is overflowed. by the spring tides. Flowers all 
the year round, It should be compared with S, herbacea, 
" «| Stems generally erect, woody, about as thick asa goose- 
quill, though sometimes at the base as thick as the little 
finger; from twelve to eighteen inches high. Branches 
decussate, ascending, very numerous, divided, and subdivid- 
edin the same manner; their extremities are the succulent, 
cylindric jointed eh Joints of the spikes, or -leaves, 
thick, succulent, annular, cap-like, portions, that closely 
surround the extremities of the filiform, woody branchlets, 
like beads strung on a thread ; above they are concave, with 
‘two opposite elevations, the aiicne convex end of the next 
leaf above enters this concavity; these elevations, like the : 
branches, are decussated with those of the next above and 
below, with aring. Flowers conspicuous, three-fold, (three 
‘on each side of each joint,), opposite. Calyx, ‘a flask-like 
fleshy substance, with a longitudinal slit for the stamen, and 
‘style; they adhere firmly 6. one ‘another, and to the sub- 
“stance of the leaf, till the seed is ripe. Corol none, Stamens 
constantly one. Anther sagittate. Stigma two-cleft. Cap- fe 
sulle, no jother than the valyx now -_ which ve ene. _ a 
