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SALTCO'RNIA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Mona'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Chenopo'de^eJ, Vent . — Lindl. Syn. p. 2131 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 167. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 531. — 
Mack. FI. Hiber. p. 226. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 416. — Atri- 
plices, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 83. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 91. — Rich, by 
Macgilliv. p. 425. — Querneales ; sect. Rumicinje : type, Be- 
ta ceas ; subty. Chenopodidas ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. p. 523, 
587, & 591. — Holeraceje, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx inferior, of 1 sepal, undivided, succulent, 
tumid, unequal, permanent (see fig. 1.). Corolla none. Filaments 
(fig. 2.) 1 or 2, prominent. Anthers 2-lobed, upright. Germen 
(fig. 3.) egg-shaped, beneath the stamens. Style short and thick. 
Stigma in 2 or more segments (see fig. 3.). Seed ovate, imbedded 
in the calyx, with a membranous tunic. 
The tumid, entire calyx ; the short style, with a 2- or 3-cleft 
stigma ; and the single seed, invested by the calyx ; will distinguish 
this from other genera in the same class and order. 
Three species British ? 
SALICO'RNIA HERBA'CEA. Herbaceous Glasswort. Jointed 
Glasswort. Saltwort. Sea-grass. Crab-grass. Frog-grass. Marsh 
Samphire. Sea-grape, 
Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous, upright ; joints compressed, 
notched ; interstices inversely conical ; spikes tapering upward. 
Stamen one. 
Linn. Sp. Pi. p. 5. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. I. p. 23. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 2. 
var. a. ; Engl. FI. v. i. p. 2. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 5. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. 
p. 287. — Lind. Syn. p. 214.— Hook. Brit. FI, p. 1. var. a,— Macr, Man. Brit. Bot. 
p. 195. — Liglitf. FI. Scot. v. i, p, 69. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 1. — Relh. FI. Cant. 
(3rd ed. ) p. 2. — Hook. FI Scot. p. 1. excl. .S’, procumbens. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 1. 
excl. S. procumbens — Rev. G. E. Smith’s PI. of S. Kent, p, 1. — FI. Devon, pp. 
1 & 140. excl. var. (3. — Johnst. FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 2. — Winch’s FI. of Northumb. 
andDurh. p. 1. — Curt. Brit. Eut. v. iii. t. 119, — Loud. Encyclop. of Card, (new 
edit.) p. 880. paragr. 4688. — Dick. FI. Abred. p. 19. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of Irel. 
p. 7. ; Fl. Hib. p. 227. — Salicornia Europcea, var. a. Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed. ) 
p. 1. — Salicornia annua, Engl. Bot. t. 415. — Salicornia, Ray’s Syn. p. 136. — 
Salicornia sive Kali geniculatum, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 535. 
Localities. — In salt-marshes, and on muddy sea-shores overflowed by the 
tjde; plentiful. — Cambridgesfi. Sandy ground below VVisbeach: Rev. R. Rel- 
han. — Cheshire ; Muddy shores of the Mersey, &c. : Mr. Watson, in N. B. G. 
— Devon; Salt-marshes, common : Fl. Devon. — Dorset; On the waste ground 
at the back of the promonade, Weymouth : Rev. A. Bloxam — Durham ; On 
the muddy sea-shores and salt-marshes of Tyne, Wear, Tees, &c. : also at Holy 
Island: N. J. Winch, Esq. — Essex ; In a field by the river at Purfleet: Dr. 
James Mitchell, in Fl. Metr. — Kent; Muddy sea-shores and sands: Rev. 
G. E. Smith, and Mr. W. Pamclin, jun. — Norfolk ; Salt-marshes, Titchwell, 
and Burnham Deepdule: Miss Bell, in N. B. G. River-side Yarmouth: 
J. Paget, ibid. Mr. Watson thinks it probable that these two localities may 
Fig. 1. A joint of the Spike, with 3 flowers. — Fig. 2. A Stamen. — Fig. 3. Fruit. — 
All magnified. 
* From sal, salt ; and cornu, a horn ; from the horn-like branches and saline 
jiature of the plants. IIooke it. 
+ See folio 49, note t. 
Sec folio 231, a. 
