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MONANDRIA 



MONOGYNIA 



SALICORNIA Lin, Gen. Plant, 10. 

 Calyx ventricLilofus, integer. Petala o. Semen unicum. 



berhacea i. SALICORNIA herbacea patula, artlculis apice 



compreffis emarginato-bifidis. Lin. fpec. Plants 



fag, 5. {Oed, Dan, t. 303. optima,) 

 Marfli fampire, jointed glaflwort, or fak-wort 



Anglis. 

 Found on the lea coafts, as at Blacknefs-Cajlk, and 



Aberkdy- Bay. Dr. Parfons, G . VIII. IX. 

 In England the tender flioots of this plant are ufed 



as a pickle, and are Ibmetimes boil'd for the 



table. 

 There is a variety of it which puts on a woody 



appearance, and is often perennial, which fome 



have diftinguiili'd as a fpecies. 

 Several perfons have obferv'd the flowers of this 



genus to have two ftamina. It may therefore 



belong perhaps more properly to the next clafs 



of Diandria, 



F 3 HIPPURIS. 



