PL^x.mon. 16. CHENOPODE^. 44. Chenopod. 287 



Shrub upright, branches many ; leaves erect, perennial, 

 rather glaucous ; flowers greenish ; braclecB 3, scariose. 



VI. 45. SALICORNIA. Dodoneeus. GlassworL 



Perigonium turbinate, not cut, ventricose, succulent; 

 stamen 1 or 2, inserted at the base of the perigonium ; sfyle 

 2-cut ; utriculus membranaceous, enclosed in the enlarged 

 fleshy perigonium ; seeds vertically compressed ; spermo- 

 dermis double, the outer coriaceous; corculum annular, 

 cylindrical; perisperm farinaceous, radicle below. — Stem 

 shrubby or herbaceous, leafless, round, jointed ; branches 

 opposite ; joints 2-toothed at the tip, the terminal flower- 

 bearing ; flowrets small, sessile, three on each side of the 

 joint. 



1. Salicornia herhacea. Herb glasswort. 

 Stem herbaceous, upright; internodes reverse-conical; 



joints compressed, nicked ; spikes attenuated towards the 

 tip ; stamen 1 . 



Salicornia, Raii Si/n. 136, 1. 



Salicornia, seu Kali geniculafutn, Ger, em, 535 ; Park, 280. 



Salicornia herbacea, Lin. S. P. 5. 



Salicornia europaea a, Huds. Fl. Angl. 1. 



Salicornia annua, Afzel. MS. 1 ; Engl. Bot, 415. 



Salt-wort. Sea-grass, Crab-grass. Frog-grass. 



Sea-shores ; annual ; August and September. 

 Branches many, jointed, succulent, fleshy. — Ashes alka- 

 line. 



2. Salicbrnia procumbens. Proaimbent glasswort. 



Stem herbaceous, lying down ; internodes reverse-coni- 

 cal ; branches simple ; spikes attenuated towards the tip ; 

 stamens 2. 



Salicornia myosuroides procumbens, surculis longissimis, Dillen in Raii 

 Syn. 137,2. 



Salicornia europaea 8, Huds. Fl. Jngl. 1. 

 Salicornia herbacea y, Smith Fl. Brit. 2. 

 Salicornia procumbens, Engl. fiof. 2475. 



Sea-side ; annual or biennial ; August and September. 

 Much subdivided at bottom ; style nearly simple;, spikes 

 very long. 



&. purpurea. Spike small, purplish ; stem very much 

 spread. 



Salicornia ramosior procumbens, foliis brevibus purpurascenllbus, Dillen 

 iih Raii Syn, 137,4. 



Salicornia europsea >), Huds. Fl. Angl, 1. 

 Salicornia herbacea 5, Smith Fl. Brit. 2, 



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