O12 THE GOOSEFOOT FAMILY. [ Saltcornia. 
leaves. Flowers immersed in the upper articles (or internodes), forming 
terminal, succulent, cylindrical spikes, each article having 6 flowers, 3 in 
a triangle on each side. Perianth succulent, flat, and nearly closed at the 
top ; the stamens (usually 2 or only 1) protruding through the minutely 3- 
or 4-toothed orifice. Style included in the perianth, divided into 2 or 3 
stigmas. Nut enclosed in the unchanged, succulent perianth. Seed ovoid, 
without albumen. Radicle bent back over the cotyledons. 
A genus of very few species, ranging over the salt-marshes of all parts 
of the world. 
1. S. herbacea, Linn. (fig. 837). Common Salicorn, Glasswort.— 
In its simplest form this is a glabrous, bright green, succulent, erect an- 
nual, aoe. 6 inches high, with few erect branches, each one terminated 
by aspike, $ to 1 inch long, When luxuriant, after the first flowering, 
branches shoot out from every joint or node as well as from the spike itself, 
the lower ones become hard, and often procumbent, rooting at the nodes, 
and the whole plant will extend to a foot or more; and in favourable 
situations a few plants will outlive the winter, so as to have the appearance 
of undershrubs, but probably do not last beyond the second year. 
In salt-marshes and muddy seashores, throughout Europe and central 
and Russian Asia, except the extreme north, as wellas in many other parts 
of the world. Abundant on the British coasts. #7. summer and autumn. 
[The form with perennial woody creeping stems, S. radicans, Sm., is 
confined to western Europe, and in Britain to the coasts from York to 
Devon. | : 
Il. SUAZDA. SUAIDA. 
Herbs or undershrubs, with rather small, linear, semi-cylindrical, succu- 
lent leaves. Flowers and fruit of Chenopodium, except that the embryo of 
the seed is coiled into a flat spiral, with little or no albumen. 
A genus of very few species, ranging over the seacoasts of most parts of 
the globe, readily distinguished amongst British Chenopodiacee by the 
foliage as well as by the seed. ; 
Stem shrubby atthe base. Styles3 . : 0 SERS - 1, &. fruticosa. 
Stem annual, much branched, or diffuse, Styles 2 4 : * . 2. S. maritima. 
1. S. fruticosa, Forsk. (fig. 838). Shrubby Sueda.—A_ branching 
perennial, more or less shrubby at the base, sometimes erect, and 1 to 2 
feet high, sometimes low and spreading. Leaves numerous, linear but 
thick, nearly cylindrical and succulent, 3 to 5 or rarely 6 lines long, of a 
pale green. Flowers small, and solitary or 2 or 3 together, closely sessile in 
the axils of the leaves. Styles 3, rather longer thant the perianth. 
In maritime sands, and salt marshes, all round the Mediterranean, in 
central Asia, and up the western coasts of Europe to Holland, occurring 
also here and therein America. In Britain, very local, and confined to the 
eastern and southern coasts of England. £7. autumn. 
2. S.maritima, Dumort. (fig. 839). Herbaceous Sueda.—aA low, 
much branched annual, or sometimes biennial, of a green or reddish colour, 
seldom a foot high, and often not above 2 or 3 inches. Leaves linear and — 
succulent asin S. fruticosa, but usually longer and sometimes more peinted; 
the lower ones often an inch long, the upper ones 3 to 6 lines. Flowers > 
