CHENOPODALS. 129 CHENOPODS. 
SALICORNIA. Linneeus. 
Calyx fleshy, entire, sunk in an excavation of the rachis. Stamens 1 or 2. 
1. S. annua Smith.—(Sautrwort.) Fig. 188. 
Stem herbaceous; calyxes placed in a triangle. 
Habitat. Salt marshes. 
wality. Saline. ; 
ses. Shoots, when young, pickled, and sold under the 
false name of Samphire. A source of soda. 
CuENopopium. Linneus. 
Flowers hermaphrodite. Calys 5-cleft, without 
appendages.  Sta- 
mens 5. Urtricle de- 
pressed, bF 
. C. olidum Curtis.— 
(Stinking Goosr- << Ff 
FOOT.) aot. 
. iF 
Leaves rhomboid-ovate, | 
entire, hoary with 
meal; racemes leaf- s 
less; seeds shining, WW 
finely dotted. : 
Habitat. Waste ground,es- > | \ 
pecially at the foot of | A43 d)> i 
walls, TR 
Prality. Nauseously fetid. ““\od/ § 
oo gahes antispasmodic \ 
emmenagogue; a Om | 
Popular remedy in much gy | 
_-‘Tepute. 
C. Botrys Linneus. ey 7 
Ambrina Spach.— 4 
(JERUSALEM Oak.) si 
Fig. 189, 189 
Leaves pinnatifid, sinu- ; : a 
ous, obtuse, covered with viscid glands, racemes axillary and terminal, 
naked. : 
— South of Europe. 
aunty. Fragrant, expectorant ; anthelmintic. 
8. Catarrh, and humoral asthma. 
©. anthelminticum Linneus.—{WORMSEED.) 
_ and serrate ; racemes spicate, naked, axillary, and terminal. — 
abitat, United States. : 
sch hae ng scented, somewhat aromatic. « s 
#8. Seeds yield Wormseed oil ; both employed in the expulsion of sede 
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| Fig. 188.—Salicornia annua ; 189. Chenopodium Botrys- 
ee : 
ves smoothish, oblong, narrowed to the base, acute, unequally sinuate 
