CRITHMUM* *. 
Linncan Class anrl Order. Penta'ndhia f, Digy'ma. 
Natural Order. UmmellFfer.e, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 218. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 132. — Lindl. Svn. p. 111.; Introd. to Nat. Syst. 
of Bot. p. 4. — Rich. by Macgilliv. p. 463. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 
517. — Don’s Gen. Svst. of Card, and Bot. v. iii. p.235. — Mack. 
FI. llibern. p. 113. — Umbellatje, Linn. — Rosales; sect. A rc- 
geliciy.k ; type, Angelicace.e ; subtype, Angelicid.e ; Burn. 
Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 614, 770, 773, & 774. 
Gey. Ciiar. Flowers (see tigs. 1 & 2.) all regular, perfect, and 
prolific. Calyx an obsolete margin. Corolla (see figs. 1 & 2.) of 5, 
equal, elliptical, pointed, entire petals, incurved at the apex, 
broad at the base. Filaments (see figs. 1, 2, & 3.) 5, thread- 
shaped, spreading, as long as the corolla. Ardliers roundish. 
(lermen (see fig. 2.) inferior, elliptical, furrowed. Styles (see fig. 1.) 
very short and thick, each finally a little recurved (see fig. 4), but 
never equalling in length its large, tumid, somewhat pyramidal 
base. Stigmas blunt. Floral Receptacle none. Fruit (fig. 4.) 
nearly round, of 2 carpels. Carpels (see figs. 5 & 6.) with 5 ele- 
vated, sharp, somewhat winged ridges , of which the lateral ones 
are a little broader and marginal. Seed half round, forming a loose 
kernel, covered with numerous viltce. Universal and partial In- 
volucrum many-leaved. Pericarpium spongy, cellular. Flowers 
greenish-white. 
The perfect umbels : obsolete calyx ; elliptic, entire, involute 
petals; nearly round Jruit ; the carpels with 5 elevated, sharp, 
somewhat winged ridges, of which the lateral ones are rather the 
broadest and marginal ; and the half round, loose seed, covered 
wi th numerous vittcc ; will distinguish this from other genera in 
the same class and order. 
One species British. 
CRI'THMUM MARl'TIMUM. Sea Samphire}. Rock Samphire. 
Spec. Char. Leaflets strap-spear-shaped, fleshy. Leaves of 
the involucrum egg-shaped. 
Kngl. Hot. 1. 819.— Jacq. lloit. Vind. v. ii. p. 88. t. 187 — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 
354.— Iluds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 117. — Wilkl. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. u. p. 1408. — 
Sm. Kl. Brit. v. i. p. 305.; Kngl. Kl. v. ii. p 73. — With. (7tli ed.) v. ii. p. 374. — 
Gray’s Nat. Air. v. ii. p. 510. — Lindl. Syu p. 118. — Hook. Uiit. FI. p. 120. — 
Light. Kl. Scot. v. i. d. 158. — Davies' Welsh Bot. p. 28. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 89. — 
Grev. Kl. Kdin. p. 61. -Kev. (i. H. Smith’s PI. of S. Kent. p. 17 — FI. Devon, 
pp. 49 Kc 156. — Winch’s Kl. of Northumb. and Durham, p. 19. — Loudon’s Kn- 
cycl. of Uaid. (new ed.) d. 880. pa rag. 4684. —Don’s Gen. Svst. of Gird. Y Hot. 
v. iii. p. 321. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of lrel. p. 28. ; KL Hibern p. 117.— 6 'rith- 
mum marinum, Kay’s Syn. p. 217. — Johnson’s Gerarde, p.533. 
Locai.itiis. — Rocks and cliffs by the sea side. — Cornwall ; Cliffs on the 
coast about Penzance ; the Logan stone ; Lizard, rvc. : Mr. H. C. Watson, in 
N. B. G. — Cumberland; Rocks by the sea-side South of Whitehaven: N.J. 
Winch, F.sq. — Devon; Along the cliffs, both of the northern and southern 
Fig. 1. Front view of a Flower.— Fig. 2. Side view of ditto. — Fig. a. A single 
Stamen. — Fig. 4. Fruit. — Fig. 5. Transverse section of ditto. — Fig. 6. Transverse 
section of a Carpel. — -Figs. 1, 2, & 3, magnified. 
* From Jcrithe. Gr. barley ; from a fancied resemblance between the fruit of 
tliis plant and a grain of barley. Sir W. J. IIookrk. t See folio 48, note +. 
f A corruption from sampler, and this again a corruption from the French 
name Saint Pierre. Lot don. 
