A 

 SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT 



OF 



BRITISH PLANTS. 



CLASS I. MONANDRIA. 



Plants bearing Flowers with one Stamen only. 

 Order I. MONOGYNIA. One Pistil. 



1. SALICO'RNIA. Calyx tumid, undivided. Corolla none. Stamens 



one or two. Seed one, invested by the calyx. 



2. HIPPTJ'RIS. Calyx obsolete. Corolla none. Stigma one, simple. 



Seed one, inferior. 



3. ZOSTE'RA. Spadix linear, many-flowered. Calyx none. Corolla 



none. Stigmas two, linear. Nut with one kernel. 



4. CHA'RA. Calyx none. Corolla none. Berry many-seeded. 



(Valeriana rubra. Alchemilla arvensis. Several species of Salix.) 

 Order II. DIGYNIA. Two Pistils. 



5. CALLITRICHE. Calyx none. Petals two, inferior. Seeds four, 



naked, compressed. Some flowers pistilliferous and others stameni- 

 ferous only. 



MONANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 

 1. SALICO'RNIA. SALTWORT. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, undivided, tumid, permanent. Co- 

 rolla none. Filament one or two, longer than the calyx. Anther 

 oblong, two-lobed, erect. Germen egg-shaped, under the stamen. 

 Style short, undivided ; stigma cleft. Seed egg-shaped, invested 

 by the calyx. Name irom sal, salt, and cornu, a horn. 1. 



1. S. herbdcea. Common Jointed Glasswort or Saltwort. Marsh Sam- 

 phire. Stem herbaceous, erect ; joints compressed, notched, their inter- 

 vals somewhat enlarged upwards ; spikes slightly tapering upwards. 



One foot high : stem bushy, green, the branches nearly cylindrical : 

 spikes of numerous short joints, each bearing three sessile flowers on two 

 opposite sides. Annual : flowers in August and September : grows on 

 muddy or moist sandy sea-shores : frequent in England and Ireland, not 

 common in Scotland. Has a saltish taste, is eaten by cattle, and makes 

 a good pickle. The various species of this genus are employed on the 



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