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greens ; thole on the ftalk grow oblique or ver- 

 tical : the foliola of the calyx are without dent, 

 whereas in the B. %'uhciris there is one at the bale 



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of the carina. 



SALSOLA. Gen. PL 311. 



Cal. pentaphyllus. Cor. e. Caps. i4perma. Sem. 



cochleatum. 



kalt I. SALSOLA herbacea decumbens, foliis fubulatis 



fpinofis fcabris, calycibus marginatis axiliaribus. 



piftillo trifido. Sp. pi. 322. {Pet. herb. /. 9. /. 2. 



Moris, hiji.f. 5./. 33-/. n. melior.) 



Prickly Glaffwort. Anglis, 



Upon the fea coaft in fandy places frequent, as on 

 Leith fands, &c, O. VIL 



The alhes of this plant abound with alkaline falts. 

 One fpecies of the genus (the S. foda) is much 

 ufecL upon the coafts of the Mediterranean in 

 maSing pot-afli, foap and glafs. The term al- 

 kali originially took its rile from the falts ex- 

 tradled from the allies of this laft-mentioned 

 herb, which was called by the Arabic cliymiils 

 and phyficians, KALI. 



ULMUS. Gen. PI. 316. 

 Cai. 5-fidus. Cor. nulla. Bacca exlucca, comprelTo- 

 membranacea. 

 campeftris i ULMUS foliis dupllcato-ferratis, bafi inajqualibus. 

 Sp.pl. '^i-j. (Ger. Em. 1478./. i-) 

 The Common or Englifh Elm. yinglis. 

 An-leamhan. Gaulis. 



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