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

 late-lanceolate quite entire, fern, 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 ^^ in., cupular ; lobes 

 rounded, unequal. Seed chestnut, rough. DISTEIB. From Denmark 

 southd., N. Africa, W. Asia. 



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

 oblong quite entire, fern, 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 ^-1J 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., carnpanulate 

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

 coi'des. DISTKIB. From Gothland southd., N. Africa, Siberia. 



4. SALICORNIA, Tournef. MARSH SAMPHIRE. 



Annual or perennial leafless herbs. Steins 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 con duplicate 

 green, radicle inferior incumbent, cotyledons J- terete thick. DISTKIB. 

 Salt districts ; species 8. ETYM. sal and cornu, from the horn-like 

 branches. 



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

 more or less fusiform all flowering. 



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

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

 internodes ^ 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 internodes 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. DISTBIB. Europe, N. Africa, N. and W. Asia, India, N. 

 America. Formerly burnt for Barilla, and sometimes pickled. 



S. herba'cea proper ; green, glaucous, ascending, branches suberect, spikes 

 many-fld. VAR. S. procum'bens, Sin.; red, decumbent, branches cruciate, 

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



