32 (31) Plants with jointed fleshy stems, leaves reduced to tiny scales at each joint 

 (node) ; flowers in hollows of the thickened upper joints, which form a spike. 

 Salicomia, Glassworts or Samphire. . . A 



A (32) Plants perennial, with a stout 

 woody depressed stem (rhizome) 

 forking in the sand; long 

 branched trailing stem; flower 

 spikes at tip of ascending branch- 

 es; forms extensive perennial 

 mats S. virginica 



Figure 31.— (a) Habit sketch; 

 (b) stem and scale 

 leaves XL 



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A (32) Plants annuals from small root sys- 

 tems; erect plants B 



B (A) Scales at the nodes of the stem mucronate-pointed 

 and conspicuous; joints of the flower spike 

 thicker than long S. bigelovii 



Figure 32.— (a) Habit sketch; 

 (b) stem and scale 

 leaves XL 



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B (A) Scale at the nodes blunt, inconspicuous 

 when dried; joints of the flowering spike 

 longer than thick S. 



europaea 



Figure 33.— (a) 

 (b) 



Habit sketch; 

 stem, branches, 

 and scale 

 leaves XL 



32 (31) Plant stems not as above; leaves not reduced. 



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