CHENOPODIACEj;. SI 6 SPINACIA. 



1. SALICO'RNIA. 



Caljx" turbinate, fleshy, c-losed. entire ; stamens 1 — 2 ; siyle 

 1, bifid; utricle invested in tiie calyx, l-seedcd. 



Lat. sal salt, cornu. horn ; in allusion both to its locality and appearance. 

 Salt marsh herbs, rarely shrubby, destitute of leaves. 



1. S. herba'cea. 



Stem erect, lierbaceous, spreading ; joints compressed ; internodes dilated 

 upwards, truncated; hrnnclies numerous, opposite, liolit green, jointed, suc- 

 culent, sinootii, terininalirig in a spike ; gj/ihcs lateral and terminal, tnperin^ 

 upwards ; jioirers small, sessile, about tiiree on each side of the bnse ofevery 

 joint. A leaHess plant with succulent and jointed branches, about a foot high, 

 growing abundantly on sea shores and salt marshes ; also at Salina, N. York. 

 This and other species are said to make a good pickle for the table. When 

 burned, its ashes yield soda. Aug. Ann. Sail-wort. 



2. S. MUCRONA'TA. Bw. 



Low, herbaceous ; j'oj/i/squadrangulnr at bottom, compressed and truncate 

 at top ; spikes ohlong, with mucronate scales. A plant of thicker structure 

 than the preceding, but less than half its hight ; has fewer branches and shorter 

 spikes, with acute, mucronate scales. In salt marshes at Charlestown, Ms., 

 Ciic. Aug. Ann. 



3. S. ambi'gua. 



Perennial, procumbent, branching ; j,9i77;s small, crescent-shaped; spikes 

 opposite and alternate ; c/ihjx truncate; «/i///e/i- puridi-sh yellow ; stigmas 2. 

 A small species, found in the vicinity of New Bedford, Ms. Dewey. 



2. SALS O' LA. 



Calyx 5-parted, persistent, enibiacin^ the fruit with its 

 base, and crowning it \viti» its enlarged limb; styles 2 ; seed 

 horizontal; embrjo spiral. 



Lat. salsus, salt. Salt-marsh iierbs with linear or subulate leaves. 



S. Kal!. 



Herbaceous, decumbent; Icivrs subulate, channelled, spinose. smooth.' 

 calyx martiined, a.xillary. A rigid, prickly and very branching plant, of the 

 sea-coast ~ Stem 1 — 2 feet high, diffuse. Leaves about an inch lonof, sessile, 

 endin'r with a spine. Flowers green, succulent, sessile, bracieate. Seed 

 cochleate, enclosed in the caly.x. Aug. Used in tlie preparation of Soda. 



a. Carolininna. (jV(/;<. S. Caroliniana. JTa/i ) ; /tare^ dilated ; calyx with a 

 broader margin ; stein smooth. 



3. SPINA'CIA. 



Flowers dioecious. Slerilefl. — Cal\ x 5-parled ; s'arpens 5. 

 Fertile f. — Calyx2 — 4-clert ; st) ies 4, capillary ; utricle con- 

 tained wiihin the indurated and sometimes muiicated calyx. 



Lat. spina, a prickle; on account of the spiny processes of the fruit. 



S. OLERA'CEA. — Leaves hastate-lanceolate, peliolate ; fruit sessile, 

 prickly or unarmed. Native country unknown, but it lias long been a common 

 plant in gardens, and in some esteem as an esculent. Stem 1 — 2 ftct high. 



