Wenopodium.] CHENOPODEffi. 2 - 7 



1. S. herbacca, Linn. Jointed Glasswort. Stem herba- 

 ceous ; articulations compressed, somewhat thickened upwards 

 and notched ; spikes cylindrical, slightly tapering at the extre- 

 mity. Br. Fl. 1. p. I- 



*. Stem erect. S. herbaeea, E. Fl. v. i. p. 2. — S. annuo, 

 E. Bot. t. 415. — S. acetaria, Pallas. 



/3. Stem procumbent. S. procumbens, E. Bot. t. 2475. E. 

 Fl. v. I. p. 2. — S. prostrala, Pallas. 



Salt marshes, plentiful. Fl. Aug. Sept 0.—" Plant leafless, mnch 

 branched and jointed ; articulations a little thickened upwards, very 

 succulent, shrinking much when dry, in which state the upper extremity 

 of each articulation forms a two-lobed membranous socket or short 

 sheath, which receives the base of the articulation above it. Spikes ot 

 flowers dense, lateral and terminal, equally jointed with the stem, and 

 bearing at the base of every short articulation, on two opposite sides, a 

 cluster of three flowers, each composed of a single perianth, appa- 

 rently quite dosed at the top, and pierced, as it were, by the bifid or 

 trifid stigma, and the single or two stamens: when two, appearing in 

 succession. Mr. Wilson observes, ^that the central flower (of the erect 

 var. at least) has two stamens, one placed below, the other above, the 

 laterally compressed germen ; and that the side-flowers have only one, 

 placed above the germen." Hooher. 



2. S. radicans, Sm. Creeping Glasswort. Stem woody, pro- 

 cumbent and rooting ; articulations cylindrical, spreading and 

 notched at the top ; spikes oblong, obtuse. Br. Fl. 1. /;. 2. 

 E. Bot. t 1691, and t. 2467, ( S. fruticosa.) E. Fl. v. i. p. 3, 

 and again p. 3, ( S. fruticosa.) 



Muddy and gravelly sea-shores. Strand at Narrow- water, below 

 Newry, where it was first pointed out to me, above twenty years ago, 

 by the" late Mr. Templeton. Fl. Aug. Sept. %.— This scarcely differs 

 from the last, except in its more branching, straggling, and perennial 

 stem, quite woody below. The true S. fruticosa, not uncommon in 

 green-house collections, is a very different plant, confined to the south 

 of Europe and north of Africa. 



3. Chenopodium. Linn. Goose-foot. 



Perianth single, inferior, 5-cleft, persistent and unaltered, 

 closing upon, but not wholly enveloping, the fruit. Seed so- 

 litary. — Name from XV V > XV V09 > a Goose, and irao, a, foot, from 

 the shape of the leaves in some of the species. They are 

 more or less employed as potherbs. Pentandria. Digynia. 



* Leaves semicylindrical. Flowers each with ttvo bracteas. 



1. C. maritimum, Linn. Annual Sea-side\Goosefoot. Leaves 

 semicylindrical, a little tapering upwards ; styles two ; stem her- 

 baceous. Br. FL 1. p. 136. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 16. E. Bot. t.6'33. 



Sea-shores in muddy and sandy places, frequent. Fl. July, Aug. 

 0. — From 9 — 18 inches high. Jioot small, tapering. Stems one or 

 more, or a woody texture, erect, much branched, roundish, clothed with 



