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LXX. CHKXOPODiACEiE: SALicORNEiE. \_Salic6rnia, 



Sea-shore near Ryc^e, Isle of Wight ; Dr. Bromfield. ©. 8, 9. _ 

 A large, coarse species, probably introduced : it is common in th^ 

 east of Germany, but grows as far west as Hamburgh : Woods, 



[A. hortensis L., a very closely allied species, has been found at 

 Saffron Walden and in some other places, but cannot be said even to 

 be naturalized,] 



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Tribe III. Salicokke^. Flowers uniform^ perfect. Stem 



jointed, (Gen. 4.) 



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4. Salicornia Linn. Glasswort. 



Perianth single, turbinate, llesliy, obscurely lobed, imbedded 

 in an excavation of tlie racMs. Stam. 1 — 2. Style short. 

 Stigmas bi-trllid. Fruit a utricle^ included in the enlarged 

 perianth. — Named from sal^ salt^ and cornu^ a horn; from the 

 liorn-like branches and saline nature of the plants. 



1. S. herhdceaJj. {jointed G.^ ; stem herbaceous, articula- 

 tions compressed somewhat thickened upwards and notched, 

 spikes cylindrical slightly tapering at the extremity, seeds oval 

 or oblong covered with hooked hairs. — a. stem erect. S. 

 lierbacea E. Fl. v. i. p. 2. S. annua E. B. t. 415. — j3. stena 

 procumbent. S. procumbens E. B. t. 2475. 



Salt-marshes, plentiful. 0. 8, 9. — Plant leafless, much branched 

 and jointed; articulations a little thickened upwards, very succulent, 

 shrinking nuich when dry, in which state the upper extremity of each 

 articulation forms a two-lobed membranous socket or short slieath, 

 which I'ecelves the base of the articulation above it. Spikes o^Jlowers 

 dense, lateral and terminal, jointed like the stem, and bearing, at the 

 base of every short articulation, on two opposite sides, a cluster of 3 

 ^flowers, each composed of a single jf^eHa?;^/;, apparently quite closed at 

 the top, and pierced, as it v/ere, by the bi- or tri-fid stigma and the 

 single or two stamenSy — when two, they appear in succession. Perianth 

 of thid fruit with a narrow circular wing near the summit. Pericarp 

 thin and adhering to the seec/, the integument of which is simple. 

 Mr, Wilson observes that the central flower (in the erect var. at least) 

 him two stamens, one placed below, the other above, the laterally com- 

 pressed germen ; and that the side-flowers have only one, placed above 

 tne germen. 



2. S. radicans Sm. (creeping G.) ; stem woody procumbent 

 and rooting, articulations compressed spreading and notched at 

 the top scarcely thickened, spikes oblong obtuse, seeds nearly 

 globose with hooked hairs. 

 E. B. t. 2467. 



E. -B. t. 1691. S. fruticosa Sm.: 



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Muddy sea-shores, rare ; on the Norfolk and Sussex coasts. In the 



Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Near Newry, Ireland. If. . 

 plant requires more investigation in a recent state. 



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