354 65. CHEXOrODIACE.E. 



simple leafy, bracts lanceolate exceeding the 2 3-flowered 

 clusters, segments of the perianth with entire keels, stiy. lanceo- 

 late. E. B. 285. Root thick, fleshy. St. 612* in. long 

 prostrate below, spreading in a circle, the ends ascending. 

 Sea-shores. P. VII. IX. Sea-Beet. , E. S. I. 



lB. vulgaris (L.), st. solitary erect, stig.. ovate, is the culti- 

 vated plant.] 



Tribe III. Salicorniece. 



5. SALICOR'NIA Linn. 1 Glasswort. 



1. S. herbdcea (L.) ; herbaceous, joints of st. compressed 

 rather thickened upwards emarginate, branches all flowering, 

 spikes cylindrical tapering stalked, fl. 3 on each side middle 11. 

 much exceeding the others. E. B. 415. St. usually erect, 

 branched, 3 12 in. high. Stain. 1 or 2. /3. 8. prostrata (Pall.), 

 #. procumbens (8m.) ed. viii. ; st. procumbent, branches divari- 

 cate. E. B. 2475. [An extreme state is S. appressa (Dum.)] Muddy 

 sea-shores. A. VIII. IX. E. S. I. 



2. S. radicans (Sin.) ; st. woody creeping, st.-joints subterete 

 deeply notched scarcely thickened with ascending herbaceous 

 branches some barren, spikes oblong blunt nearly sessile, middle 

 fl. scarcely exceeding the others. Sy. E. B. 1183. St. pro- 

 cumbent, rooting, [tf. Lignosa (Woods); st. firmer not or but little 

 rooting-.] Muddy sea-shores. P. VIII. IX. 



Tribe IV. Atriplicea. 

 6. A'TRIPLEX Linn. 2 Orache. 



A. Fertile fl. of % kind's ; sep. of fern. fl. distinct, seed vertical; 

 perfect fl. 3 o-parted, seed horizontal. 



[A. nitens (Schkuhr), 1. shining above silvery-glaucous be- 

 neath ; also A. tatarica (L.) and A. hortensis (L.), 1. opaque 

 on both sides ; are occasionally found.] 



B. Monoecious-, sep. of fern. fl. united below. 

 * Stem with resinous reddish stripes. t Leaves not lobed. 

 1. A. littordlis (L.) ; st. erect, L linear or oblong-lanceolate 



1 See a paper on this genus by Mr. Woods in Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 109. 

 " See Woods in Phytol. iii. 585, and* in Tourist's Flora, 315. 



