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4. A. portulacoi'des, L. ; shrubby, mealy, leaves obovate- or spathu- 

 late-lanceolate quite entire, fem. perianth sessile compressed 2-4-lobed. 

 Muddy maritime cliffs and marshes, from Ayr and Northumbd. southd. ; 



Ireland, very rare ; Channel Islands ; fl. Aug.-Oct. — Covered with minute 

 persistent greyish-white scales. Eootstock woody, branched. Stem 1-3 ft., 

 woody below, flexuous, decumbent; branches 12-18 in., erect. Leaves 1-3 

 in., mostly opposite, tip rounded, upper linear. Spikes in terminal inter- 

 rupted panicles, leafy below. Fruiting perianth §-J in., cupular ; lobes 

 rounded, unequal. Seed chestnut, rough.— Distrib. From Denmark 

 southd., N. Africa, W. Asia. 



5. A. peduncula'ta, L. ; herbaceous, mealy, leaves narrowly obovate- 

 oblong quite entire, fem. perianth pedicelled, lobes 2 recurved. 



Muddy maritime marshes, rare, Lincoln, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent ; fl. Aug.- 

 Oct.— Annual, mealy like A. portulacoi'des. Stem 3-8 in., flexuous, slender, 

 terete* simple or sparingly branched. Leaves |-1| in., tip rounded, shortly 

 petioled. Spikes terminal and reduced to axillary fascicles ; flowers sub- 

 sessile, one or few fruiting in each fascicle, when the pedicel elongates to 

 §-% in., and is very spreading. Fruiting perianth £ in. diam., campanulate 

 with 2 lateral lobes and 2 intervening small teeth. Seed as in A. portula- 

 coi'des. — Distrib. From Gothland southd., N. Africa, Siberia. 



4. SAlilCOR'NIA, Tournef. Marsh Samphire. 



Annual or perennial leafless herbs. Stems cylindric, very succulent, 

 jointed ; branches opposite. Flowers 2-sexual, minute, 2 together sunk 

 in pits at the nodes. Perianth turbinate, compressed, fleshy, 3-4-lobed 

 or truncate, mouth contracted. Stamens 1-2, perigynous. Styles 2. 

 Utricle compressed, included in the swollen perianth. Seed vertical, testa 

 membranous hairy, albumen scanty fleshy or ; embryo conduplicate 

 green, radicle inferior incumbent, cotyledons ^-terete thick. — Distrib. 

 Salt districts ; species 8. — Etym. sal and cornu, from the horn-tike 

 branches. 



1. S. herba'cea, L. ; annual, root slender, stem ascending, branches 

 more or less fusiform all flowering. 



Salt marshes, K to Shetland ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. Aug.-Sept. — 

 Stem 6-18 in., j-§in. diam. at the thickest part, which is above the base ; 

 intemodes | in., usually contracted above and below, 2-lobed at the top 

 when dry, lower woody slender, upper fleshy slightly compressed ; branches 

 spreading or ascending; flowering intemodes in short spikes. Flower- 

 bearing cavities 2 at each node, opposite. Stamens inserted at various 

 heights, if 2 successively protruded. Styles exserted. Fruiting perianth 

 narrowly winged at the top. Seed ovoid or oblong, greenish, covered with 

 curled hairs. — Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, N. and W. Asia, India, N. 

 America. — Formerly burnt for Barilla, and sometimes pickled. 



(ft herba'cea proper ; green, glaucous, ascending, branches suberect, spikes 

 many-fld.— Yar. S. jjrocum'bens, Sm. ; red, decumbent, branches cruciate, 

 spikes few-fld. — Yar. ramosis'sima, "Woods ; grass-green, erect, much- 



