MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 69 



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M O N A UD R I A 



M O N O G Y N I A 



SALICORNI A Lin. Gen,^ Plant, i o. 



Calyx v-entrlculofus, integer. Petala o. Semen unicum. 



herhacefl i. SALICORNIA herbacea patiila, artlculis apice 

 comprelTis emarginato-bifidis. Lin. fpec. Plants 



pag. 5. {Oed. Dan, /. 303. optima,) 

 Marfh fampire, jointed glafTwort, or falt-wort 



Anglis, 

 Foun^d ojn the fea coafts, as at Blacknefs-Caftle^ and 



AierladyBay, Dv, Parfons, O. VIII. IX. 

 In England the tender ftioots of this plant are ufed 



as a pickle, and are fometimes boil'd for the 



table." 

 There is a variety of it which puts on a woody 



appearance, and is often perennial, which fome 



have diftinguiili'd as a Ipecies. 

 Several perfons have obferv'd the flowers of this 



genus to have two llamina. It may therefore 



belong perhaps more properly to the next clafs 



of Biandria, 



F 3 HIPPURIS. 



