Class I. MONANDRIA. Stamen 1. 

 Older I. MONOGYNIA. Style 1. 



* Seed one. 



1. SALICoRNIA. Calyx tumid, undivided. Corolla 0. Stamens 



1 or 2. *Seec/ invested with the calyx N.O. Chenopode^e. 



HIPPuRIS. Cal. a slight border crowning- the germen. Cor. 

 0. Seed inferior, naked. Stigmal. — N.O. Halorage^e. 



3. ZOSTeRA. Flowers aggregate. Spadix flat, many-flowered. 



Stigm. 2. Drupa. Nut with 1 kernel. — N.O. Naiades. 

 See Valeriana, species 1. and Alchemilla, 3. 



** Seeds several. 



4. CHaRA. Cal. 0. Style 0. Anther sessile, globose. Berry 



with many seeds. — N.O. Charace^e.* 

 Some species of Salix. 



Order II. DIGYNIA. Styles 2. 



5. CALLlTRICHE. Cal. 0. Petals 2, inferior. Seeds 4, naked, 



compressed. Some flowers separated. — N.O. Halorage^;. 



MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



I. SALICoRNIA. Jointed-glasswort. 



1. S. herbdcea, S. annua, 6. 415. (Common J.) Stem herbaceous, 



erect ; joints compressed, notched ; interstices inversely conical. 

 Spikes tapering upward. 

 Salt marshes. 0. 8, 9. 1 foot, fleshy, salt, bushy. Spikes 3-fl. 



2. S. procumbens, 35. 2475. (Procumbent J.) Stem herbaceous, 



procumbent ; interstices inversely conical ; branches simple. 

 Spikes tapering upward. Stamens two. 

 Salt marshes. © . 8. 4 in. divided at the base. Stigma notched. 



3. S. radicans, 24. 1691. (Creeping J.) Stem woody, procumbent ; 



taking root at the base. Joints compressed, notched; inter- 

 stices somewhat cylindrical. Spikes oblong. Stamens two. 

 On muddy sea-shores. If. 9. 6 — 8 in. Spikes tumid. Stig. 2-3-cleft. 



* An Order of Acotyledonous Plants; the genus Chara being now 

 almost universally considered to belong to the Cryptogamia Alga. — En, 



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