402 Mr. Cutler's Account of indigenous Vegetables, 



knows how much time is necessary for investigating and ar- 

 ranging a considerable number of plants in a part of the coun- 

 try never before explored. 

 Ipswich, January 26, 1784. 



MONANDRIA. 



MONOGYNIA. 



SALICORNIA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 10. 



Salicornia articulis apice compressis emarginatis bisidis. Syst. 

 Nat. Kali geniculatum annuum. Park. 



GLASS WORT. Saltwort. Marsh Samphire. The stem grows 

 about eight or ten inches high : the main stem divides itself 

 into numerous branches. It is found on the sea-shore. Blos- 

 soms in September. 



In Europe a fossil alkali is obtained from the ashes of this 

 plant, which is in great request for making glass and soap. It 

 is said to make a pickle little inferior to samphire. 



DIGYNIA. 

 BLITUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 14. 



Blitum capitellis spicatis terminalibus. Syst. Nat. Chenopo- 

 diomorus. Boerh. 



BLITE. Several stems rise from the same root, running in- 

 to many short ramifications. Leaves oblong and obtuse. Blos- 

 soms extremely small ; green with a yellow anthera. The 

 smell is considerable, resembling Savin. About Parker-xxNtx 

 bridge, in Newbury. August. 



DIANDRIA. 



MONOGYNIA. 



LIGUSTRUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 18. 



PRIM. Privet. A shrub. Leaves in pairs. Blossoms white. 



Berries black. In Lynn. Not very common in a wild state. 



June. It 



