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FLOWERS OF THE SEA-COAST 



flowers are axillary, the seeds are brown, and adhere to the mem- 

 branous pericarp. 



The plant is 6 in. to i ft. high. It flowers in July and August. 

 Saltwort is annual, propagated by seeds. 



The plant is dichogamous, the anthers and stigma ripening at 

 different times. The stamens, 3-5, are hypogynous, the ovary superior, 

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

 attenuate. The plant is pollinated by the wind or is self-pollinated. 



Photo. Messrs. Flatters & Garnett 



SALTWORT (Salsola Kali, L.) 



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 calyx, 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 (Agrotis ripce), Coast Dart (A. cursoria), 

 and Gymnancyla canella, and a Heteropterous insect, Orthotylus 

 rubidus, infest it. 



Salsola, Csesalpinus, is from the Latin sal or salsus, salt, from the 

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

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



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

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



