538 APPENDIX. 



* Sea Sandwokt — {Arenaria marina.) 



Distinguished from the red sandwort (Flora, p. 143) by its thicker, somewhat 

 fleshy leaves, larger flowers and capsules, and by having the seeds usually 

 bordered with a membranous wing. Fl. Jime, July. Annual. (E B. xiv. 958.) 



* FouR-EO'WED Sandwort — [Arenaria peploides.) 



Leaves egg-shaped, half an inch long, fleshy, in four close vertical rows ; whole 

 plant smooth and very succulent. Flowers white and inconspicuous. Fl. June, 

 July. On the sands, common. Southshore. (E. B. iii. 189.) 



f Thyme-leaved Sandwobt — {Arenaria serpyllifolia. Flora, p. 147.) 

 Common at Southport. 



XXXVIII.— THE SPINACH FAMILY. Chenopodece. 



* Peicklt Saltavoet. {Salsola Kali.) 

 Stems prostrate, very much branched and bushy; leaves linear, short, stiff, 

 ending in sharp thorns. Flowers inconspicuous. Plant very dark-green. Fl. 

 July. Annual. Common on the sands. (E. B. ix. 634.) 



* Common Glasswoet — {Salicornia herbdcea.) 



Stems three to twelve inches high, with numerous short cylindrical branches, 

 but no leaves. Flowers green, inconspicuous. Annual. Common at Southport, 

 in salt and muddy places. (E. B. vi. 415.) 



* Ceeeping Glasswort — [Salicomia radicans.) 

 Distinguished from the preceding by the stem being decumbent and rooting at 

 the base. Common at Southport. (E. B. xxiv. 1C91.) 



* Sea Goosefoot — [Chenopddium maritimum.) 



Leaves semi-cylindrical, sessile, tapering. Flowers axillary and sessile. Stem 

 three feet high, branched. Fl. July, August. Annual. Southport. (E.B. ix. 633.) 



XL.— THE BIRD'S-NEST FAMILY. Monotropacece. (Flora, p. 164.) 



Yellow Bied's-nest — [MonOtropa Hypopithys.) 



Stem about eight inclies high, .simple, with oblong or ovate scales instead of 

 leaves. Flowers few, in a short, terminal, half-drooping raceme. Whole plant of 

 a pale yellowisli brown. The lateral blossoms have their parts in fives, the ter- 

 minal ones in fours. Fl. July. Abundant in marshy places at Southport, growing 

 among the dwarf willows. (E. B. i. CO.) 



