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5. KOCHIA, Roth. 
Flowers with both stamens and pistils or with staminate and pistillate 
flowers separate but on the same plant. The herbaceous perianth cup- 
shaped, of 5 divisions. Stamens 5, pistils 2, which are united at the base. 
Fruit dry and hard, covered by the 5-parted calyx. 
K. Scoparia, (L.) Roth. Kocnta. An herbaceous or shrubby plant, 
stiff, erect, with linear leaves pointed at the end; branches long, flowers 
in the leaf axils. Introduced from Europe, where it is sometimes culti- 
vated for making brushes, brooms, ete. 
6. SALICORNIA, L. 
Low fleshy plants growing in salt marshes; leafless or with the leaves 
reduced to small scales. Stem round; branches opposite. The stem 
articulated, the inconspicuous flowers partly buried in the nodes. Flowers 
mostly of 4 toothed, fleshy, sometimes winged divisions. Generally a 
single stamen, pistils 2. Fruit dry. 
Annual 
1. §. herbacea, L. (Fig. 7, pi. 36.) SLENDER GLasswort. (8. 
europaca, L.). Stems quite slender, the flower bearing spikes being at 
most only slightly more than one line in diameter, simple or freely 
branched. The scales very inconspicuous and rounded at the ends. Sta- 
mens of the middle flower protrude beyond the scale higher than do those 
of the two flowers at its sides. The plant remains green or turns red in 
autumn. Salt marshy places along the coast. 
2. §. mucronata, Bigel. (Fig. 8, pl. 36.) Pornrep-scALeD GLAss- 
worr. (8S. Bigelovii, Torr.). Stems much stouter than those of No. 1. 
Scales conspicuous and pointed at the extremities. At maturity the 
whole plant turns red. Plant 3 to 15 in. high. Salt marshes. 
Perennial 
3. §S. ambigua, Michx. (Fig. 9, pl. 36.) Woopy Grasswort. Plant 
arising from a woody rootstock; erect or reclining; scales pointed, short. 
Salt marshes along the sea coast. 
7. SUAEDA, Forskal. (Dondia, Adams) 
Flowers without footstalks, in the axils of the thick, almost rounded 
fleshy leaves, with both stamens and pistils. Perianth consisting of the 
fleshy calyx, which is in 5 divisions and which surrounds the fruit. Sta- 
mens 5, pistils 2 or 3. Plant of the sea-side. 
1. §. americana, (Pers.)- Fernald. (Fig. 11, pl. 36.) Tarn Sra- 
Buicut. Plant 1 to 2 ft. high, erect or rarely prostrate, much branched 
or nearly simple; dark green without whitish bloom. Leaves of the 
stem linear, sharp pointed, 4 to 14 in. long, somewhat 3-angled. Salt 
marshes, common. 
2. S. maritima, (L.) Dumort. (Fig. 10, pl. 36.) Low Sera-Bricut. 
Plant 5 to 12 in. high, light green and covered with whitish bloom. 
Leaves 4 to 1 in. long, half round, not as sharp at extremity as those of 
No. 1. Salt marshes along the coast. 
