2 Class I. Order II. 



MONANDRIA. 



.MONOGYNIJl. 



1. SALICORNIA. 



SALIOORNIA HERBACEA. Mich. Glass wort., jointed samphire, 



Pigeons foot. 



Herbaceous., small, erect ; spikes linear-oblong ; 

 peduncles compressed, widening at top. Mich. 



A fleshy, branching, leafless plant ; not commonly exceed- 

 ing half a foot in height. Joints of the stem compressed, some- 

 what four sided. Branches opposite, subdivided, terminating in 

 scaly spikes. It grows in salt marshes and flowers in August 

 and September. Annual. 



The plant here described differs from the European, in hav- 

 ing the tops of the joints even and entire, not emarginatc ; also 

 in the scales of the calyx, which are very acute. 



Different species of Salicornia are among the maritime 

 plants employed in the manufacture of Soda. They are used at 

 table as pickles. 



CALLITRICHE. 



CALLITR,LCHE AQXJATICA. Sm. Water starwort. 



Stem floating ; upper leaves spatulate, obovate. 



Synonym. CALLIYRICHE VERNJ. L. 



The leaves are small , opposite, inversely ovate or wedge 

 shaped, rounded at the end, (not acute as in the European ;) the 

 upper ones forming star like tufts on the ends of the stem. 

 Flowers minute, axillary, solitary, sessile. It grows in fresh 

 water, supported by its floating upper leaves ; ^lowering above, 

 but ripening its seeds under water. Found in Roxbury. An- 

 nual. 



