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PI. — Late July to early September. Fr. — Early September to 

 late October. 



Middle District.— SaXem (S). 



Coast Strip. — Barnegat Pier, Surf City (L), Beach Haven (L), Spray 

 Beach (L), Ocean City (S), Cold Spring (S), Cape May (S). 



Atriplex arenaria Nutt. Sea Beach Orache. 



Atriplex arenaria Niittall, Gen. I. 198. 1818 [Coast of New Jersey]. — Britten 

 207. — Keller and Brown 135. 



Saiidy beaches along the coast ; frequent. 



One of the characteristic plants of the upper part of the beach, 

 and found throughout the entire length of the coast. Nuttall's 

 original specimen was collected by Zaccheus Collins, who must 

 have been one of the best informed botanists of any time upon 

 the region here considered. 



Fl. — Late July to late August. Fr. — Late August to early 

 October. 



Maritime. — Sandy Hook, Asbury Park, Long Branch, Island Beach, Surf 

 City (L), St. Albans (L), Spray Beach (L), Tuckers (L), Atlantic City, 

 Ocean City, Stone Harbor, Anglesea, Cape May, Cape May Pt. (S). 



SALICORNIA L. 

 Salicornia europsea L. Slender Glasswort. 



PI. LV., Fig. I. 

 Salicornia eiiropcea var. herbacea Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 3. 1753 [Europe]. 

 Salicornia herbacea Knieskern 26. — Willis 51. — Britton 207. — Keller and Brown 

 135- 



Abundant on the salt marshes of the coast. 



The upright succulent stems of this little plant cover many 

 acres of the salt meadows, which stretch away like a green plain 

 betv.^een the pine clad mainland and the shining sand spits which 

 mark the location of the barrier islands along the coast, some 

 surmounted by strips of woodland and most of them with the 

 varied buildings of summer resorts, whose electric lights sparkle 

 at night like myriads of stars when seen from far out on the 

 meadows. These meadows are not as uniform as they at first 

 sight appear. There are tracts where tall marsh grasses grow, 

 where the mud-hen makes her nest, and lower grassy patches 

 made up mostly of Spcirtina and Juncus gcrardi, and these pass 

 gradually into the still lower growth of the Salicornia, which 



