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stalked, fl. 3 on each side middle fl. placed highest.—E. B. 415. 
—St. usually erect, branched, 3—12 in. high. Fi. placed in tri- 
angles. Stam. 1 or 2. Seed about twice as long as broad.—f. 
S. procumbens (Sm.); st. procumbent. E. B. 2475.—Muddy 
sea-shores. A. VIII. IX. Jointed Glasswort. 
2. 8. radicans (Sm.); divisions of the st. compressed deeply 
notched scarcely thickened, spikes oblong obtuse nearly sessile, 
middle fl. scarcely higher than the others.—E. B.1691. S. fru- 
ticosa Sm. (not i E. B. 2467.—St. procumbent or ascending, 
rooting. Seed hardly longer than broad. Muddy sea-shores. 
P. VIII. IX. Creeping Glasswort. E.I. 
Tribe IV. Atriplicea. 
6. ArrreLtex Linn.} 
A. Polygamous ; sep. of fem. fl. distinct, seed vertical ; perfect 
fl. 3—5-parted, seed horizontal. 
(*1. A. nitens (Rebent.); st. erect, }. triangular-cordate-hastate 
sinuate-dentate shining above glaucous beneath, upper 1. elongate- 
triangular, fr.-perigone ovate-acuminate entire separate to the 
base.—A large coarse plant introduced by accident. Sea-shore 
near Ryde, Isle of Wight. A. VIII. IX.] 
B. Monecious ; sepals of fem. fi. united below. 
* Stem with resinous stripes. 
+ Leaves not lobed. 
2. A. littoralis (L.); st. erect, 1. linear-lanceolate entire or 
rarely toothed, fr.-perigone ovate-rhomboid acute toothed tubercled 
on the back with spreading gi B. 708. St. 79. 12.—Di- 
stinguished by the form of its open-pointed perigone, and 1. 
usually entire.—Salt marshes. A. VIJ.—IX. 
3. A. marina (L.); st. erect, 1. oblong-lanceolate irregularly 
toothed or rarely entire, fr.-perigone obcordate-triangular obtuse 
toothed tubercled on the back closed.—St. 80. 1.—Distinguished 
by its toothed 1. and form of perigone.—Salt marshes. A. VII. 
++ Lower leaves with lateral spreading or ascending lobes. 
4. A. angustifolia (Sm.!); st. erect or prostrate, 1. lanceolate 
entire, the lower l. with 2 ascending lobes from 2 wedgeshaped 
base, fr.-perigone rhomboidal acute entire with prolonged lateral 
angles longer than the fr. and collected into nearly simple inter- 
1 See Woods in Phytol. iii. 587, and Tourist’s Flora, 315. 
