Flora Scotica. 



I. MONANDRIA. 



1. MONOGYNIA. 



1. SALICORNIA. Perianth single, turbinate, fleshy, entire. Stam. 

 1 or 2. Fruit (Utricle) included in the enlarged perianth. 



2. HIPPURIS. Ca/.* superior, forming a slightly elevated mar- 

 gin to the Germen. Cor. 0. Fruit a 1 -seeded Nut. 



(Chara, CRYPT. Zoslera, MONCEC. Valeriana rulra, TIUANDR. 

 Alchemilla arv., TETR.) 



2. DIGYNIA. 

 (Callitriche, MONCEC.) 



]. MONOGYNIA. 



1. SALICORNIA. 



1. S. herlacea (jointed Glasswort), stem herbaceous erect, arti- 

 culations compressed and somewhat thickened upwards notch- 

 ed, spikes cylindrical slightly tapering at the extremity. Lighff. 

 p. 69. E. B. t. 415 (S.annud), et t. 2475 (S.procumlens). 



HAB. Salt marshes near the coast, plentiful. Fl. Sept. Q. 



Plant leafless, much branched and jointed j articulations cylindrical or 

 only a little thickened upwards. Spikes of fructification lateral and 

 terminal, their articulations scarcely longer than broad. At the base 

 of each articulation, on two opposite sides, is a cluster of three^oiuers, 

 each flower composed of a single turbinate, fleshy perianth, appa- 

 rently quite closed at the top, and pierced, as it were, by the small 

 bi- or trifid stigma and the single or two stamens; when two, each 

 appears in succession. 



2 . S. radicans (creeping-rooted Glasswort), stem woody procum- 

 bent and rooting, articulations cylindrical spreading and notch- 



* I here lise the term " Calyx" though there is but one covering to the 

 flower, rather than "single Perianth," in opposition to my general rule, be- 

 cause this genus belongs to a natural family whose flowers are furnished 

 both with calyx and corolla ; so that the absence of the latter, In this in- 

 stance, seems to be the effect of abortion. 



