CLASS I. 

 M O N A N D 11 I A. 



ORDER I. 

 MONOGYNIA- 



I.SALICORNIA. L. 



/^y/ZFX turbinate, entire, somewhat ventricose, sue- 

 culent. Corolla o. Stamens 1, 2. Style bifid; 

 seed 1, covered by the inflated calyx. Gen. pi. 14. 

 Roemer £i? Sc/iultes gen. 31. Jtiss. p. 86. 

 Nutt. Gen. I. p. 2. Lam. 111. t. 4. Nat Ord. 

 Atriplices. Juss. Stems leafless, with opposite 

 branches. Glass-wort. Marsh Samphire. 



1. S. herbacea L.: annual; stem erect, or branched; 



joints connpressed, notched at the summits; spikes penduncled: 



cal} X truncate. W i 1 1 d. Spec. \. p. 23. M i c h. FL I. p. 1 . 



Big. Bast, p, 2. Pursh FL I. p. 2. Ell. Sk. I. p. 3. 



Ro em. 4" S chill t. I. p. 38. S. virginica L. Syst. veg. 



p. 52. Willd. Spec, I. p. 25. Pursh FL I. p. 2. 



C I ay 1 071 Virg, p. 1. 



Root fibrous or fusiform. Stem 6 to 10 inches high, more or less 

 branched, succulent; branches jointed and succulent, the sum- 

 mit of each joint with 2 pretty sharp teeth. Flowers in threes 

 at each joint, very minute. Stamens always 2, expanding at 

 different times ; anthers didymous, yellow. Germ, ovate ; 

 styles very short ; stigmas glandular. 

 Hab. In salt marshes, common. August — September. On 

 the Salt-Lake of Onondaga, New-York. Pursh. The S. 

 virginica of Linnseus does not appear to differ in any respect 

 from the European S. herbacea., except in being less branched, 

 ■which is a character of no importance. The con nion species 

 of this vicinity varies considerably, being sometimes aimost 

 simple, sometimes very nmch branched. 

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