S<iUcorma. monandria monggynia. *jf 



oils 



, divided, and subdivided in the same manner; their extremities 

 are the succulent, cyliudric jointed spikes.— Joi/^^s of the spikes, 

 or leaves, thick, succulent, annular, cap-Uke portions, that closely 

 surround the extremities of thetilifomi, woody branchlets, like beads 

 strung on a thread ; above they are concave, with two opposite ele- 

 vatious, the lower convex end of the next leaf above enters this con- 

 cavity ; these elevations, like the branches, are decussated with 

 those of the next above and below, with a ring. — Flozcers conspicu- 

 ous, three-fold, (three on each side of each joint,) opposite.— 

 Cali/x, a Hask-like tleshy substance, with a longitudinal slit for the 

 stamen, and style'; they adhere firmly to one another, and to the 

 substance of the leaf, till tiie seed is ripe.— Co/o/ none,— Stamens 

 constaiitly one. Anther sagittate.— S^/gvTza two-cleft.— C«ps«/e, no 

 other tliau the calyx now dry, which separates, and drops with its 

 single seed- 



2. S. iiidica. Vahl. e num. pi. 1. 10. 



Perennial, diffuse : joints gibbous. Sjnkes cyliudric ;Jlowers hid. 



IBenar. Jodoo Palaiiir. 



Teling. Quoia-pipaly. 



This is also very common, and grows with the former on similar 

 ground. 



Stems and large branches woody, diffuse over an extent of some 

 feet ; the latter sometimes alternate, sometimes opposite, those that 

 are young, and covered with the leaves are ascending, or nearly erect. 

 — .Joints, or leaves longer than in the former species, but in other 

 respects the same. Floral joints or leaves, very short. — Spikes termi- 

 nal, cyliudric, erect, obtuse. — Flozcers inconspicuous, opposite, three- 

 fold, hid by the upper margin of the next tioral leaf below, — Calyx 

 as in the former. — Stamen ,• in th^s species I have never beeii able 

 to discover even the rudiments of one. — Pistil, &c. as in the fo.'-mer. 



Obs. Catde will not eat these plants, although their taste is simply 

 saltish. These two species are very plentiful on the cOast of Coro- 



