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MONANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Salicornia. 



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arven sis. 



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Smooth Stonewort. Ponds, ditches, and bogs. Ponds about 



Henley, not far from Ipswich. 



In a bog where the stinking spa 



Salt water ditches 



empties itself near Knaresborough. R. Syn 

 near Hornsey. Hubs. — Loch Lomond. Parsons. — Hill-Loch, 

 on Crag Chaillech Breadalbane, and at Comrie 4 miles from 

 Crief. Mr. Stuart. — [In the third stew from the house at Edg- 



baston.] 



[A. June — Oct. 



A'PHANES. Cal. tubular ; rim fiat, 4 or 8-cIeft : 



BIoss. none : Seed 1 ; egg-shaped but tapering 

 to a point. 



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APH. Leaves 3-lobed; — lobes with 2 or 3 clefts. 



Fl. dan. 973-CoL ecphr. \±6-Pet. 9. 12.-//. ox. ii. 20. row 

 S, k-Lob. adv. 32i-Ger.em. lo^A-J.B. in./. 2.74. 3.- 



Park. 449. 



The structure of the flower in all respects the same with that 



of Alchemilla. Cal. 8-cleft ; the alternate segments exceedingly 



small, but always present. Seed I, never 2; in those which I 

 examined. Leers. — Stems trailing, leafy. Leaves hairy. Flowers 

 axillary; small, greenish white. 



Parsley piert. Corn-fields, and dry gravelly lands. 



A, May — Aug, 



SALICOITNIA. Cal rather bellying, entire: Slant. 



] . (or 2 :) Seed 1 . 



herba'cea. S. Herbaceous, wide spreading : joints flatted at the top, 



and notched. 



Fl. dan. 303-Blackw. 59S-Bast. ii. 10. 3-Matth. 4()5~ 

 Dod. K2. l-Lob. adv. 1 70. 2—Ger. em. 535. l-Pet.9. 3. 

 -£. hot. 415-5. annua> and 4-7/. ox> v. 33. 8-7. B. iii. 



705. 



n. 1. IK Ill-Park. 280. A~Barr. 192. 



'Widely spreading; hardly 9 inches long. Linn.— Spike 

 jointed. F lowers near together, in the clefts of the joint, 3 on 

 each side. Bast. 



Salicornia europ&a herbacea. Huds. 

 Saltwort. Sea-grass. Marsh Samphire. 



Jointed Glasswort* 



Sea shore, common. 

 A. Aug. — Sept.* 



* The young plant is herbaceous, the older pne somewhat shrub-like, 

 in which state it has been considered as the S.fruticosa of Linnaeus, but 

 thcS. fruticosa is not a native of Britain. Dr. Goodf.nough and Mr. 



From the ashes of this plant, a fossil alkaly is obtained, 



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OODWARD, 



