A 

 SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT 



OF 



BRITISH PLANTS. 



CLASS I. MONANDRIA. 



Plants bearing Flowers with one Stamen only. 



Order I. MONOGYNIA. One Pistil. 



1. SALICO'RNIA. Calyx tumid, undivided. Corolla none. Sta- 



mens one or two. Seed one, invested by the calyx. 



2. HIPPU'RIS. Calyx obsolete. Corolla none. Stigma one, 



simple. Seed one, inferior, 



3. ZOSTE'RA. Spadix linear, many-flowered. Calyx none. Co- 



rolla none. Stigmas two, linear. Nut with one kernel. 



4. CHA'RA. Calyx none. Corolla none. -Berry many-seeded. 



( Valeriana rubra. Alchemilla arvensis. Several species of Salix.) 

 Order II. DIGYNIA. Two Pistils. 



5. CALLI'TRICHE. Calyx none. Petals two, inferior. Seeds 



four, naked, compressed. Some flowers pistilliferous and others 

 stameniferous only. 



MONANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 

 1. SALICO'RNIA. SALTWORT. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, undivided, tumid, permanent. Co- 

 rolla none. Filament one or two, longer than the calyx. Anther 

 oblong, two-lobed, erect. Germen egg-shaped, under the stamen. 

 Style short, undivided j stigma cleft. Seed egg-shaped, invested 

 by the calyx. Name from sal, salt, and cornu,, a horn. 1 . 



1 . S. herbdcea. Common Jointed Glasswort or Saltwort. Marsh 

 Samphire. Stem herbaceous, erect ; joints compressed, notched, 

 their intervals somewhat enlarged upwards ; spikes slightly tapering 



upwards. One foot high ; stem bushy, green, the branches nearly 



cylindrical ; spikes of numerous short joints, each bearing three ses- 

 sile flowers on two opposite sides. Annual : flowers in August and 

 September : grows on muddy or moist sandy sea-shores : frequent 

 in England and Ireland, not common in Scotland. Has a saltish 

 taste, is eaten by cattle, and makes a good pickle. The various species 



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