202 I'l.OWl'-.Rs ()!■ '1H1-: Sl'.A-COAST 



llowLTS ;irt' axillary, ihc seeds arc Itrown, and adhere to the mem- 

 branous pericarp. 



The plant is b in. u> i it. hii.^]!. h llouers in |ul\- and Aul;iisi. 

 .Saltuoi'l is annual, propairatwl by seetls. 



1 hi' plant is dichogamous, the anthers and stigma rijjening at 

 different times. The stamen.s, 3 5, are hypogynous, the ovary su[)erior, 

 the anther-stalks linear. The style is elongate, and the stigmas 

 attenuate. The plant is pollinated b) the wind or is self-pollinated. 



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Messrs. Fiattcrs & Gamete 



The anthers and stigma may ripen together, or the latter first. Pollen 

 may be carried about by creeping insects. 



The fruit is a utricle, is enclosed in a winged caly.x, and may be 

 dispersed mainly by the wind. 



The plant is a salt-lover addicted to saline soil, and is also a .sand 

 plant flourishing in sand soil. 



Three moths, the Sand Dart {Aorot/s ripcc), Coast Dart [A. citrsoj-ia), 

 and Gyinnancyla canella, and a Heteropterous insect, Orthot\'lus 

 7-ubidus, infest it. 



Salsola, Ca;salpinus, is from the Latin sal or salsits. salt, from the 

 abundance of alkali yielded by its ashes, antl kali is an Arabic word for 

 the ashes of the saltwort or the glasswort, or lor the plants themselves. 



Saltwort is called Eestrige, Prickly Glasswort, Kelpwort, Sowd- 

 wort, Sea Thrift. The name Pricklv Glasswort is bestowed on it from 



