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Marshes. Can. to Flor. Nutt. July, (J). — Resembles the preceding, except 

 in its fruit. It may be only a variety. Rough-fruited Water-hemp. 



4. SALICORNIA. -Lwrn.— Glasswort. 



(From the Latin sal, salt, and cornu, a horn ; on account of the saline nature 

 and horn-like branches of the plant.) 



Perianth turbinate, fleshy, obscurely lobed. Stamens 1 or 2. 

 Style 1, bifid. Utricle compressed, enclosed in the enlarged 

 perianth. 



1. S. /lerbacea Linn.: herbaceous, annual; stem erect or assurgent; 

 joints compressed, somewhat thickened and notched at the summit; spikes 

 peduncled, cylindric, slightly tapering at the extremity ; perianth truncated. 

 (S". Virginica Lmn. 



Sea-coast and salt marshes. N. Y. to Flor. Sept. ^. — Plant destitute of 

 leaves. Stem 6 — 10 inches high, branched. Flowers very minute, in threes at 

 each joint Common Saltwort or Samphire. 



2. S. ambigua Mich. : perennial, procumbent, branching ; joints crescent- 

 shaped, small ; spikes opposite and alternate ; perianth truncate. 



Salt meadows. N. Y. to Car. (g) or %. — Stem procumbent and ascending. 

 Anthers purplish-yellow. Resembles S.fruticosa of Linnaeus. 



Perennial Saltwort. 



3. S. mucronata Lag. 7 herbaceous, annual, erect; the joints 4-angIed 

 at the base, with two acute ovate mucronate teeth at the summit ; spikes 

 very thick, obtuse. {Torr. N. Y. Ft.) 



Salt marshes. Near Boston. Big. Long Island. Torr. Aug., Sept. (1). — Stem 

 4 — 8 inches high, sparingly branched, thick and succulent. Spikes 3 lines in 

 diameter and an inch or more in length. Dwarf Saltwort. 



5, SALSOLA. I/m?^.— Saltwort. 



(From the Latin sal, salt ; in allusion to the alkaline salt which many of the 

 species afford.) 



Flowers perfect. Perianth 5 -cleft, persistent, enveloping the 

 fruit with its base, and crowning it with its enlarged limb. 

 Stamens 5. Styles 2. 



S. Kali Linn. : herbaceous, decumbent; leaves suWilate, spinose, rough ; 

 flowers axillary, solitary; fruit-bearing perianth with a scarious margin. 

 S. Caroliniana Mich. S. Kali var. Caroliniana Nutt. S. Tragus Muhl. 7 



Sea-coast. N. Y. to Car. Aug., Sept. 0. — Stem much branched, difliise, 

 angled. Flowers succulent, pale-greenish, sessile, with 2 or 3 bracts at the base 

 of each. Prickly Saltwort. 



6, BLITUM. l^mw.— Strawberry Blite. 

 (Said to be derived from the Greek PXirov, insipid; in allusion to the fruit.) 



Perianth 5-cleft, baccate in fruit. Stamens mostly solitary. 

 Styles 2, united below. Utricle compressed, covered with the 

 perianth. Seed somewhat globose. 



