MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Jragilis. 



JiexUis. 



kerlc 



annua. 



simplex. 



gracilis. 



virgimca. 



I. MO NOG YNIJ. 



1, ZOSTER A. Gen.pl. 13^0. Grass-wrack. 



1. Z. foliis integerrimis subtrinerviis, caule teretiuscuio. 



Fahl. enuvi. pi. 1. p. 14. 

 Icon. Engl. lot. 46/. Fl. dan. t. 15. 

 In salt-marsh ditches, ih the bay of Delaware, scarce. 



1/ . Aug. V. V. I>eaves long ; flowers very small. 

 The leaves are narrower and more obtuse than in the 



European plant ; m every other respect it appears to 



be the same. 



2. CAULTNIA. mild, in act. ac. ler. 179S. p. 8/. 



1. C. foliis ternis oppositisve lineari-subulatis recurvatis 



aculeato-dentatis rigidis. JFilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 182. 

 Icon. JFilld. I. c. t. I. f. 2.— Michel, gen. t.S.f.3. 

 In slow-flowing waters ; Susquehanna,^ Kenhaway, &c. 



rivers. ©, Aug. v. v. Immersed, floating. 



2. C. foliis senis linearibus apice denticulatis patentibus. 



IVilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 183. 

 ■ Icon. Willd. l.c.t.l.f.l. 

 In small pt)nds and old ditches : New York to Carolina. 

 ©. Aug. v.v. Immersed, floating) flowers very 

 small, 



3. SALICORNIA, Gen.pl. 14. Samphire or Glasswort. 



l.S. herbacea palula, articulis apice compressis emargi- 

 nato bifidis, spicis axillaribus oppositis pedunculatis, 

 squamis oblusis. IVilld. sp.pl. 1. p. 23. 



a Engl. hot. 415. 



/3 ramis simplicis-imis, caule prostrato, 



y caule stricto ramose, ramis laxis. 



Var. a and /S are common along the sea-coast : var. y I 

 observed on the Salt-lake of Onondago, New York. 

 0. (J. Aug. v.v. Fleshy, smooth J salt taste. 



2. S. herbacea erecta, ramis si.mplicissimis indivisis : spicis 

 longis articulatis. IVilld. sp. pi. I. p. '25. 

 Frequent on the coast of Virginia and Carolina. ©. 

 July, Aug. V. V. ; V. s in Herbano Gronovinno in 

 Museo Banhsiano asservato. Smaller than No. 1. 

 I consider this no more than a sub-species, and prcH 

 bably the same with S. hcrlacea 7. , 



