S A'LSOLA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria f, Digy'nia. 
Natural Order. Chenopo'de.€+, Vent. — Lindl. Syn. p. 213 ; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 167. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 531. — 
Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 226. — Atriplices, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 83. — 
Sm. Gr. of Bot. p. 91. — Rich, by Macgill. p. 425. — Querneales ; 
sect. Rumicin.e ; type, Betace.e ; subty. Chenopodid.e ; Burn. 
Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 523, 587, & 591. — Holera'ce.e, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 2.) inferior, of 1 sepal, permanent, 
deeply divided into 5 egg-shaped segments, which, after flowering, 
produce from their back a scarious appendage (see figs. 5, 6, & 7). 
Corolla none. Filaments (see fig- 3.) 5, awl-shaped, opposite to 
the segments of the calyx, and about as long. Anthers roundish, 
2-lobed. Germen (fig. 4.) superior, globular. Styles (fig. 4.) 2 or 
3, combined at the base. Stigmas recurved. Capsule (see fig. 
5 — 7.) of 1 cell, horny, not bursting, imbedded in the fleshy base 
of the calyx, and crowned with its broad scarious limb. Seed 
(figs. 10 & 1 1.) solitary, top-shaped, large, with a spiral, horizontal, 
very large embryo. 
The 5-cleft, inferior, permanent calyx , enveloping the indehis- 
cent capsule with its base, and crowning it with its broad scarious 
limb; and the solitary seed, with its spiral embryo; will distin- 
guish this from other genera in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
SA'LSOLA KALI. Prickly Saltwort. Prickly Glasswort. Bas- 
tard Sea-grape. 
Spec. Char. Stems herbaceous, prostrate. Leaves awl-shaped, 
spinous-pointed, rough. Segments of the Calyx with a dilated 
scariose margin. 
Engl. Bot. t. 634. — Hook. FI. Lond. t. 158. — Woody. Med. Bot. v. iii. p. 386. 
t. 143. — Curt. Brit. Entomol. v. x. t. 442. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 322. — Huds. FI. Angl. 
( 2nd ed. ) p. 107.— WillcL Sp. PI. v. i. pt. II. p. 1310.— Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 280. ; 
Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 18. — With. (7th ed. ) v. ii. p. 352. — Lindl. Syn. p. 214. — Ilook. 
Brit. FI. p. 139. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 151. — Annals of Bot. v. ii. p. 415. — 
Thornton’s Fain. Herb. p. 249, with a figure. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 26. — Hook. 
FI. Scot. p. 85. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 59, — FI. Devon, pp. 45 & 140. — Johnston’s FI. 
of Berwick, v. i. p. 66. — Winch’s FI. of Nortlrumb. and Durham, p. 17. — Mack. 
Catal. of PI. of Irel. p. 26. ; FL Hibern. p. 226. — Salsola decumbens, Gray’s Nat. 
Arr. v. ii. p. 288. — Kali spinosum cockleatum, Ray’s Syn. p. 159. — Blackstone’s 
Spec. Bot. p. 41. 
Fig. 1. A Flower, accompanied by its 3 leaf-like bracteas. — Fig. 2. A Flower 
without the bracteas. — Fig. 3. Stamens and Pistils. — Fig. 4. Germen, Styles, and 
Stigmas. — Figs. 5 & 6. Capsule enveloped by the permanent calyx. — Fig. 7. Verti- 
cal section of ditto. — Figs. 8 & 9. The Capsule divested of the calyx. — Figs. 10 & 1 L 
The Seed. — Fig. 12. The Spiral Cotyledons. — Figs. 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, & 12, more 
or less magnified. 
* From sal, salt ; alluding to the saline nature of the plant. Withering. 
t See fol. 48, note t. t See folio 231, a. 
