MOl^ANDRIA MONOGYISIIA, 



1. SALICORNIA. Jointed-glasswort. 



Linn. G€7i.5. Juss.86. Fl.Br.2. Br. Pr. 410. Tourn.t. 485. 

 Lamarck t. 4. 



Nat. Ord. Holeracece. Linn. 12. Atriplices. Juss. 29. Che- 

 nopodecE. Br. Pr. 405. See Grammar 91. 



C«/. inferior, of one leaf, undivided, succulent, tumid, un- 

 equal, permanent. Cor, none. Filam, 1 or 2, promi- 

 nent. Anth. two-lobed, erect. Germen ovate, beneath 

 the stam. Style short and thick. Stigma in two or more 

 segments. Seed ovate, imbedded in the calyx, with a 

 membranous tunic. 



Branched, jointed, succulent, smooth, leafless. Fl. in joint- 

 ed, terminal spikes, aggregate, inconspicuous. Ant/i. 

 large, yellow. Stigmas acute, various. 



1. S. herhacea. Common Jointed-glasswort. Marsh 



Sampire. 



Stem herbaceous, erect ; joints compressed, notched ; inter- 

 stices inversely conical. Spikes tapering upward. 



S. herbacea. Linn. Sp. PI. 5. Willd. v. 1.23. Fahl Enum. 

 u. 1. 9. Fl.Br.2. var. 1. Fl. Dan. t. 303. Hook. Scot. 1. 



S. europaea a. Huds. 1. 



S. annua. Engl. Bot. v. 6. t. 415. Bast. Opusc. v. 2. 105. t. 10. 



Salicornia. Raii Syn. 136. 



S. sive Kali geniculatum. Ger. Em. 535./. Lob. Ic. v. 1.395./. 



On muddy sea shores, overflowed by the tide, frequent. 



Annual. August, September. 



Root fibrous, small. Stem bushy, green, a foot high, with opposite 

 branches, tapering at their base, more or less subdivided, espe- 

 cially the first pair ; abounding in salt juice ; woody centre very 

 tough. Spikes of numerous short joints, each joint crowned with 

 about three sessile^owers at each side. Stam. 1. Stigm. 2 or 3. 



Often pickled, as a substitute lor the very different, strongly aro- 

 matic. Rock Sampire, Crithmum maritimum. 



2. S. procmnbens. Procumbent Jointed-glasswort. 

 Stem herbaceous, procumbent; interstices inversely conical; 



branches simple. Spikes tapering upward. Stamens two. 

 S. procumbens. Camp. 1. Engl. Bot. v. 35. t. 2475. 

 S. herbacea. Ehrh. Beitr. v. 7. 178. 



