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Tribe III. Salicorniece. 



5. Salicoe'kta Linn} Glasswort. 



1. 8. Tierhdcea (L.) ; herbaceoua, joints of st. compresBed 

 rather thickened upwards emarginate, branches all flowering, 

 spikes cylindrical tapering stalked, fl. 3 on each side middle n. 

 much exceeding the others. — E. B. 415. — St. usually erect, 

 branched, 3 — 12 in. high. Stam. 1 or 2. — /3. 8. procumbens 

 (Sm.) ; st. procumbent, branches divaricate. S. JB. 2475. — 

 Muddy sea-shores. A. VIII. IX. E. S. I. 



2. 8, radicam (Sm.) ; st. woody creeping, st.-joints subterete 

 deeply notched scarcely thickened with ascending herbaceous 

 branches some barren, spikes oblong blunt nearly sessile, middle 

 fl. scarcely exceeding the others. — Sy. E. B. 1183. — St. pro- 

 cumbent, rooting. — Muddy sea-shores P. VIII. IX. E. 



Tribe IV. Atriplicete. 



6. A'lEEPLEX Linn.^ Orache. 



A. Fertile fl. of 2 hinds ; Sep. of fern. fl. distinct, seed vertical ; 

 perfect fl. 3 — 5-parted, seed horizontal. 



\_A. nitens (Rebent.), 1. shining above silvery-glaucous be- 

 neath ; and A. htyrtemis (L.), 1. opaque on both sides ; are oc- 

 casionally found.] 



B. MmuEmmis; sep. of fern. fl. united below. 

 * Stem with resinous reddish stripes. — t Leaves not lobed. 



1. A. littordlis (L.) ; st. erect, I. linear or oblong-lanceolate 

 entire or toothed, fr. -perianth rhomboidal or triangular toothed 

 tubercled on the back. — a. vera ; 1. nearly or quite entire, fr.- 

 perianth with patent points. Sy. E. B. 1200. — |S. A. marina 

 (L.) ; 1. broader usually toothed, fr.-perianth shorter with ad- 

 pressed points. E. B. 708.— Salt marshes. A. VIL— IX. 



E. S. I. 



ft Lower leaves loith lateral spreading or ascending lobes. 



2. A. angiistifdlia (Sm. !) ; st. erect or prostrate, 1. lanceolate 

 entire from an acutely wedgeshaped base, lower 1. with 2 

 ascending \6hes,fr.-perianih rhomboidal acute entire tcith pro- 



1 See a paper on this genus by Mr. Woods in Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 11 1 . 



2 See Woods in Fhytol. iii. 585, and in Tourist's Flora, 315. 



