Salicornia. MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 85 
2. S. indica, Vahl. enum. pl. 1. 10. poe. 
Perennial, diffuse; joints gibbous. Spikes cylindric ; 
flowers hid. ' 
Beng. Jodoo Palung. 
Teling. Quoia-pipaly. 
This is also very common, and grows with the former on 
similar ground, : 
Stems and large branches woody, diffuse over an extent of 
some feet ; the latter sometimes alternate, sometimes opposite, 
those that are young, and covered with theleaves are ascend- 
ing, or nearly erect. Joints, or leaves longer than in the. 
former species, but in other respects the same. Floral joints 
or leaves, very short. Spikes terminal, cylindric, erect, ob- 
tuse, Flowers inconspicuous, opposite, three-fold, hid by the 
upper margin of the next floral leaf below. Calyx asin the — 
former. Stamen; in this species I have never been able to 
discover even the rudiments of one. Pistil, &c. as in ma 
former. 
- Obs, Cattle will not eat these plants, although their taste is 
simply saltish. These two species are very plentifu' ‘on the 
coast of Coromandel, where large quantities of the fossil al- 
kali might no doubt be made at a low rate. Such manufac-. 
tures deserve much encouragement; particularly here, where 
there are many more labouring people* than can possibly. 
find employment. Large quantities of this substance are 
annually imported into England from the Mediterranean, for. 
making soap, glass, &c. It is worth about twenty-eight or 
thirty. shillings per cwt. and as labour is cheap on this coast, 
the alkali might be made, I think, at so low a rate as to ad- 
mit of its being sent to England, and paying a freight ' of 
£10 the ton, or more ; porsiett it could; beter orted 
ibenring — were carried off by that deplorable calamity. 
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