PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Salsola. 



273 



BETA. Cal 



P 



cleft, i 

 ed : bit 



ribbed 



g on 



the 



none : seed 



ney 



shaped, horizontal, beneath, in the substance 

 of the base of the calyx. 



B. Flowers in pairs. 



it 



man uma. 



E. hot. 285. 



Differs from B. twig, in flowering the first year ; in the leaves 

 growing oblique or vertical ; in the leaves of the cup being equal, 

 and not toothed. Linn. Stems prostrate. Flowers either soli- 



Stems prostrate 

 Summits sometimes three. 



E. bot. 



tary or in pairs. 



Sea Beet. Sea coast, and about Nottingham. [Near Lynn, 

 Yarmouth, and Wells. Mr. Woodward. And Isle of Wight. 

 St. Dorsetshire coast.] P. July. Sept. 



SAL'SOLA. Calyx 5-cleft: bloss. none: seed 1, 



beneath; coated by the calyx. 



S. Herbaceous, lying down : leaves awl-shaped^ thorny, Ka'li. 



rough : calyces bordered, axillary. 



E.bot. 634- FI. dan. 818 left hand fig.-Woodv. UZ-Dod. 

 81. 1-H. ex.v. 33. 11. 



Flowers greenish. 



Prickly Glasswort, or Ketyiuort. [Sandy sea shores, fre- 



quent. Woodward.] 



A. July, Aug 



S. Shrub-like, upright: leaves thread-shaped, bluntish. 



E. bot. 635.-Lob. adv. 163. 3-J. B. iii. 704. 2. 



*eft condition; and the larvae of the Otter-Moth at the roots, first oc- 

 casion the plant to be sickly. Now when the hop grows wild in stony 

 Places and in fissures of rocks, where the moth cannot penetrate to de- 

 posit its eggs, the hop is never known to suffer from the honey dew. — 



»e flowers of the female plants are very generally infused in wort or boiled 

 along with it to prevent the ale or beer growing sour. The young shoots 

 ^e eaten early in the spring as asparagus, and are sold under the name of 

 Ho P-tops. — Strong cloth is made in Sweden from the stalks. For this 

 ? U 2r° Se ^7 must b e Sphered in autumn, soaked in water all winter; and 

 ln March, after being dried in a stove they are dressed like flax. — Horses, 

 J ow s,sheep, goats and swine eat it. The PapMhJo. C. album t x\\e Otter.M*- 



*na Humulim&RGstralis live upon it. It will dye wool yellow. What is that 

 e . cc J nca l murmur like very distant thunder when the hop-poles are 



naken by the wind ? Linn. Soil and cultivation occasion some varieties, 

 J? e 'G."7/r, Long IVhite, and Oval Hop ; but for the common purposes 

 ore wing they are distinguished as Kentish or Worcestershire Hops. — A 

 S w C i 0c fi on °^ the roots, or from 20 to 30 grains of the extract is said to be 

 Vthv, a " d toans werthe purposes of the Sarsaparilla. — A pillow filled 

 k ' , P s is re ported to produce comfortable repose in cases where Opiate* 



* a \ e been unsuccessful. 



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