MOlSlANDRIA MONOGYNTA. 



1. SALICORNIA. Jointed-glasswort. 



Linn.Gen.5.Juss.86. Fl.Br.2. Br. Pr. 410. Tourn.t. 485. 

 Lamarck t. 4. 



Nat. Oi'd. Holeracece. Linn. 12. Atriplices. Juss. 29. Che- 

 nopodece. Br. Pr. 405. See Grammar 91. 



Ca/. inferior, of one leaf, undivided, succulent, tumid, un- 

 equal, permanent. Cor. none. Filam. 1 or 2, promi- 

 nent. Anfh. two-lobed, erect. Germen ovate, beneath 

 the stam. Style short and thick. Stigma in two or more 

 segments. Seed ovate, imbedded in the calyx, with a 

 membranous tunic. 



Branched, jointed, succulent, smooth, leafless. Fl. in joint- 

 ed, terminal spikes, aggregate. Inconspicuous. Anth. 

 large, yellow. Stigmas acute, various. 



1. S. herbacea. Common Jointed-glasswort. Marsh 



Sampiie. 



Stem herbaceous, erect ; joints compressed, notched ; intei'- 

 stices inversely conical. Spikes tapering upward. 



S. herbacea. Linn. Sp. PL 5. M^illd. v. 1.23. Fahl Enum. 



v.\.9. FL Br. 2. var. 1. FL Dan. t. 303. Hook. Scot. 1. 

 S. europsea a. Huds. 1 . 



S. annua. EngL Bot. v. 6. t. 415. Bast. Opusc. v. 2. 105. i. 10, 

 Salicornia. Rail Syn. 136. 

 S. sive Kali geniculatum. Ger. Em. 535./. Lob. Ic. v. 1.395./. 



On muddy sea shores, overflowed by the tide, frequent. 



Annual. August, September. 



Root fibrous, small. Stem bushy, green, a foot high, with opposite 

 branches, tapering at their base, more or less subdivided, espe- 

 cially the first pair ; abounding in salt juice ; woody centre very 

 tough. Spikes of numerous short joints, each joint crowned with 

 about three sessile^owers at each side. Stam. 1. Stigm. 2 or 3. 



Often pickled, as a substitute for the very different, strongly aro- 

 matic. Rock Sampire, Crithmum maritimum. 



2. ^. procumbens. Procumbent Jointed-glasswort. 



Stem herbaceous, procumbent; interstices inversely conical; 

 branches simple. Spikes tapering upward. Stamens two. 



S. procumbens. Comp. 1. Engl. Bot. v. 35. t, 2475. 

 S. herbacea. Ehrh. Beitr. v. 7. \78- 



