MOxVANDRIA. MONOGTNIA. 



gent and perforate. Capsule 1 -celled, 1 

 seeded. 



Habitus. Flowers produced in a scattered flexuose 

 panicle, which is eltlier terminal or radical, singly, or by- 

 pairs in spathaceoiis 2-valved bractes. 



Species. 1. T? dealbata, in South Corolina and Georgia 

 (scarce.) 



Observation. With all that has been done in arrang- 

 ing- the Scitmniywce by the celebrated Mr. Koscoe, there 

 still appears to prevail some confusion in this order, 

 Avhich perhaps tlieir various individual structure has 

 been a principal means of retaining. The present plant 

 exhil)iis several anomalies, considered as a genuine species 

 of 7'Aa/ia. Jussieu and Persoon, describe the Thalia of Lin- 

 naeitu as having a deeply divided petaloid calix, or 5-pe- 

 talied corolla. The T. dealbata, and the T. caimceformisy 2 

 of the 3 known species, have a 6-parted petaloid calix. 

 Jussieu also describes this genus as producing a drupe 

 with a 2-seeded nut, or rarely (by abortion?) 1-seeded. 

 Persoon likewise bpeaks of this genus as having a drupe 

 with a 1-celIed nut. Mr. Roscoe describes the Thalia with 

 a 2-celled capsule; according to Mr. Elliottf the present 

 species produces a globose 1-ceiled capsule? or flexible 

 shelled nut, if such a phrase can be admilted. 



5. SALICORNIA. L, (Glass-wort.) 



Calix 3 or 4 -sided, somewhat ventricose, en- 

 tire. Corolla 0. Stamina 1 or 2. Style bifid; 

 stigmata 2; seed 1, covered by the inflated ca- 

 lix. 



Habitus. Stem herbaceous or suffruticose, generally 

 destitute of leaves; branchinif, branches opposite, round, 

 and articulations bidentate above; terminal branches flow, 

 er-bearing; flosculi mmute and sessile, growing in threes. 

 (Tile habit of this genus is similar to that of the Gnetum, a 

 tree of India.) 



Species. 1. S. herbacea. 2. virginicGt 3. ambigiia. Near 

 X\\Q sea-coast. — Sometimes burnt for soda, and also pre- 

 served in vinegar as an aliment. 



Obs. Mr. Elliott observed 2 stamens in the S. herba- 

 cea and the S. ambigua, which corroborates the remarks 

 of Jussieu made in Kurope. Desfontaines in his Flora At- 



t See his " Sketch of the Botany of South Carolina and 

 Georgia," p. 2. 



