PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 151 



greens -, thofe on the ftalk grow oblique or ver- 

 tical : the foliola of the calyx are without dent, 

 whereas in the B. vulgaris there is one at the bafe 

 of the carina. 



SALSOLA. Gen, PL 311. 



Cat. pentaphyllus. Cor. o. Caps, i-fperma. Sern, 



cochleatum. 



kail 1. SALSOLA herbacea decumbens, folijs fubulatls 



fpinofis fcabris, calycibus marginatis axillaribus. 



piftillo trifido. 5^. pi. 322. (Pet. herh> t. 9. /. 2. 



Moris, hift.f. 5./. 33./. 11. melior.) 



Prickly GlaiTwort. Anglis. 



Upon the fea coaft in fandy places frequent^ as on 

 Leith fands, &c. O. VII. 



The allies of this plant abound with alkaline falts. 

 One fpecies of the genus (the S. fodaJ) is much 

 ufed upon the coafts of the Mediterranean in 

 mafting pot-afli, foap and glafs. The term al- 

 kali originially took its rife from the falts ex- 

 tradled from the aflies ot this lad-mentioned 

 herb, which was called by the Arabic chymifts 

 and phyficians, KALI. 



ULMUS. Gen. PL 316. 

 Cal. 5-fidus. Ccr, nulla. Bacca exfucca, comprefTo* 

 membranacea. 

 campeftri^ i ULMUS foliis duphcato-ferratis, bafi inaequalibus. 

 Sp.pL ^2'].{Ger. Em. i^-}S. f,u) 

 The Common or Engliih Elm. Anglis. 

 0An-leamhan. Gaulis, 



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