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colour, size, and the amount of branching ; but it remains in all its 

 forms quite distinct from S. europaa and the other annual species. 

 In colour, S. ramosissima varies from apple-green to dingy red 

 and crimson. Typically, it is much branched, often so much so 

 as to be quite bushy ; but less branched and even branchless forms 

 occur. On the Bouche d'Erquy, these forms are definitely related 

 to variations in the amount of water and salt in the soil, and to the 

 degree of exposure. When well-grown, *S'. ramosissima may be as 

 much as 30 cm. in height. The vegetative segments are usually 

 about 10 mm. long, rarely 20 mm. The terminal flowering spikes 

 are not nearly so long as in typical forms of S. euroixza, and are 

 usually not more than 5-10 (rarely up to 20, but perhaps these are 

 hybrids with S. europcBo) mm. long : they are acute and tapering, 

 and usually have only 4-6 flowering segments. The central flower is 

 about twice as large as the lateral ones, and reaches about two- 

 thirds of the way up the segment. S. ramosissima seems to be 

 the only annual species which has constantly two stamens. 



7. Salicornia pusilla. 



S. imsilla Woods, op. cit., p. 30 ! 



Giirke (op. cit.) erroneously cites this as synonymous with 

 S. pygmcsa Pall. ; but as he also cites the latter as the original of 

 Halopc])lis pygmaa, his statements carry little weight. 



S. jmsilla seems to be a very local plant, and can at present 

 only be recorded from salt-marshes in Sussex, Hampshire, the 

 Isle of Wight, and Dorset. 



It is grey-green in colour, and only grows to a height of about 

 12 cm. When well-grown, it is a branched plant with curved 

 and graceful branches ; but less branched forms occur, and these 

 seem to have furnished the plants on which Woods based his 

 description. The vegetative segments are about 6-10 mm. long. 

 The terminal flowering spikes are short (5-10 mm.), with only 2-4 

 flowering segments, which are almost globular in shape. The 

 lateral flow^ers are only about a third as big as the central one, 

 which reaches two-thirds of the way up the segment. ' The hairs 

 of the seed are long, spirally coiled, and not crozier-shaped as in 

 the other annual species. 



8. Salicornia gracillima, sp. nov. 



S. p2isilla Woods var. qracillima Towns. Flo. Hampshire, ed. 2, 

 640 (1904) ! 



S. (gracillima), colore viridi, rubello, vel etiain rubro ; erecta, 

 rigida, subracemosa, culmo circiter 12 cm. alto ; ramis ascen- 

 dentibus, baud imparibus, parallelis ; horum sterihbus segmentis 

 brevibus (circiter 5-8 mm. longis) ; spicis ol)tusis brevibus (cir- 

 citer 6-12 mm. longis), 2-4 segmenta exhibentibus. Flores duos 

 habet laterales, dimidio fere minores flore centrali, qui partem 

 dimidiam segmenti certe superat ; stamine unico. Spicae etiam 

 cellulas tum spirales cum spiculares continent. 



At present this plant is only definitely known from the south of 

 England, e. g., Norfolk, Sussex, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight. 



In this preliminary account, full details are not given of the 



