iio8 APPENDIX. 



in lea-marflies, that are form'd upon a ftony or 

 gravelly bottom. 



We are alTured by Dr. Burgefs^ that it has been 

 gathered upon the fhore not far from the port 

 of Ardbigland^ in the county of G^Z/ow^jy. if. 

 VIII. IX. 



Many ftalks arife from the fame root, a foot 

 high, v/oody at the bafe, (lightly branched at 

 the top. 



The Jeaves are numerous, and grow all round 

 the (talk without order. 



Tht-y are fmooih and fucculent, of a narrow li- 

 near (hape, many of them wideft at the end, 

 a!;d terminated widi three (liort dents. 



The flowers grow erect at the fummits of the 

 branches, from one to three or four in num- 

 ber. 



Tl:e calyx is imbricated with many loofe, narrow, 

 green leaves. The flowers are yellow, and 

 radiated with numerous, linear, female florets, 

 intire at the fummits. The hermaphrodite 

 ones in the difc are tubular, and quinquefid at 

 the rim. 



The rtceptacle is plane and naked, the feeds 

 crown'd with a (hort limple down. 



GNAPHA- 



