298 DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



HAB. Marshes. Can. to Flor. Nutt. July. . Plant C 3 

 feet high. Stem angled. 



4. SALICORNIA. Linn. 



Perianth single, turbinate, fleshy, closed. Stamens 1 2. 

 Style 1, bifid. Utricle included in the enlarged perianth. 



Monandria. Monogynia. 



1. S. herbacea Linn. : annual ; stem erect or branched ; joints com- 

 pressed, notched at the summits ; spikes peduncled, cylindrical, slightly 

 tapering at the extremity ; perianth truncated and S. virg-inica Linn. 

 Pursh. 



HAB. Sea coast and salt marshes. N. Y. to Car. Sept. <g>. 

 Plant destitute of leaves. Stem 610 inches high, branched. 

 Flowers very minute, in threes at each joint. 



Herbaceous Samphire. 



9. S. ambigua Mich. : perennial, procumbent, branching ; jointg 

 crescent-shaped, small ; spikes opposite and alternate ; calyx trun- 

 cate. 



HAB. Salt meadows. N. J. to Car. July, Aug. $ or 21. Stem 

 procumbent and ascending. Anthers purplish-yellow. Resem- 

 bles S.fruticosa of Linnaeus. Shrubby Samphire 



5. SALSOLA. Linn. 



Flowers perfect. Perianth 5-cloft, persistent, enveloping 

 the fruit with its base, and crowning it with its enlarged limit. 

 Stamens 5. Styles 2. Embryo spiral. 



Pentandria. Digynia. 



1. S. soda Linn. : herbaceous, smooth; branches ascending ; leaves 

 semi-terete, rather acute ; fructiferous periantli transversely connate 

 in the middle, somewhat membranaceous. 



HAB. In New- York. MM. Saltwort. 



2. S. tragus Linn. : herbaceous, spreading, smooth ; leaves subulate, 

 spinose, fleshy; flowers solitary, axillary, bracteate ; perianth sub- 

 ovate ; margin flattened, discoloured. 



HAB. N. J. and Md. Muhl. July. .Dr. Torrey thinks 

 Muhlenberg's plant is & kali. 



3. <Sf. kali Linn. : herbaceous, decumbent ; leaves subulate, spinose 

 rough ; flowers axillary, solitary ; fruit-bearing perianth with a scari- 

 ous margin. 



b. caroliniana Nutt. : leaves dilated ; perianth with a broader mar- 

 gin ; stem smooth. S. caroliniana WaU. Mich. 



HAB. Sea coast. N. Y. to Car. Aug , Sept. j&.Stem much 

 branched, diffuse. Flowers succulent, sessile, with 2 or 3 bracts 

 at the base of each. 



