3318 PENrANDRlA DIGYxYlA* 



rest on tha ground and give it the appearance of a procumbent pfanr. 

 Leaves alternate, iieshv, terete, comDresscd and dilated at basc^. imh. 



an inch lonj;. Floivers 



generally solitaiy? axillarj, sessile, with two leaves at the base of 

 each. Leaves of the caUjjc wide at base, sligiitlj acuminate at the 

 Incurved summit, rose coloured, persistent, Fiamnits Ioniser than 

 the calyx. Anthers incumbent, purple. Germ superior, dejM-essed. 

 Styles 2, as long as the stamens. Stigmas acute. Capsule ovate, de* 

 pressed, ghibrous. Seed spiral. 



Grows on the drifting sands along the margins of the oceany and" 

 is probably only a variety of S. kali. ^ * 



Flowers throudi the whole summer. 



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2. LlNBARTS. E. 



S? herhacea, erecta ; [ Il^rhaceoiis, erect: 



foliis linearilMjs, acutis, 

 carnosis. glal ris ; floribus 

 ternis, axilluribus, spica- 

 tis \ stylis 2j siniplicihus. 

 E. 



leaves lifiear, acute, sue* 

 culent, glabrous ; fl(3\vers 

 by threes, axillary, spik- 

 ed J styles 2, simple. 



S. salsa? Mich, l.p 174, Pursh, 1. p. I9r. 



Chenopodiuru nKiritimum, Walt. p. Ill, 



Unot annual. SUm nearly crectj terete, furrowed, very g;labroU3-, 

 much branched, h^ams alternate, sessile, nearly 2 inches long. 

 Flowers sessile, in 3 flowered fascicles, axillary, crowdeti. Leaves 

 of the caly,v obtuse, concave, angled on ti»e baclc^, fleshy. Filuments 

 lonwr than the calyx. Jlnthers incumbent, jellow. Germ ovate. 

 Style 0. Stigmas 2, simple, nearly acute. SeM covered with a thin, 

 black, glossy pellicle (capsule), and clothed by the permanent calyx, 

 lenticular, and obscurely spiralis 



This appears to be an intermediate species between the S. salsa and 

 spicata. From the former it diiiers by its calyx and styles, from the 

 latter by its leaves. ^ 



The Salsola Carol iuiana is thinly scattered along our sea coast, but 

 grwvs readily from the seed, aud could easily be multiplied. This 

 species now grows in some situations on our sea islands so abundant- 

 ly, that if the humidity of our climate opposes no difficulty to the pro- 

 cess, it might be profitably employed in the manufacture of Barilla. 



Grows along the margin of the ocean, GeneraHy found above the 

 reach of common spring tides, but in situations occasionally inuudat- 



Elowers September- -October. 



