marina. 
fragilis . 
flexilis . 
heri ac ea. 
annua. 
simplex. 
gracilis. 
virginica . 
MONANDRXA MONOGYNlA. 
I. MONOG Y NT A. 
1. ZOSTERA. Gen.pl. 1390. Grass-wrack. 
1. Z. foliis integerrimis subtrinerviis, caule teretiusculo. 
Valli, enum. pl. 1 . p. 14. 
Icon. Engl. lot. 46 7. E/, c/aw. i. 15. 
In salt-marsh ditches, in the bay of Delaware, scarce. 
7/. Aug. v. v. Leaves long flowers very small. 
The leaves are narrower and more obtuse than in the 
European plant in every other respect it appears to 
be the same. 
2 . CAULINIA. IVilld. in act. ac. ler. 1798. p. 87. 
J. C. foliis ternis oppositisve lineari-subulatis recurvatis 
aculeato-dentatis rigidis. IVilld. sp pl. 4. p. 182. 
Icon. IVilld. 1. c. t. 1. /. 2. — Michel, gen. t. 8. f. 3. 
In slow-flowing waters $ Susquehanna, : Kenhaway, &c. 
rivers. 0. Aug. v. v. Immersed, floating. 
2. C. foliis senis linearibus apice denticulatis patentibus. 
IVilld. sp. pl. 4. p. 183. 
Icon. IVilld. I. c. t. 1. f. 1 . 
In small ponds and old ditches : New -York to Carolina. 
©. Aug. v. v. Immersed, floating) flowers very 
small. 
3. SALICORNTA. Gen.pl. 14. Samphire or Glasswort. 
1. S. herbacea patula, articulis apice compressis emargi- 
nato- bifidis, spicis axillaribus oppositis peduncularis, 
squamis obtusis. IVilld. sp.pl. 1. p. 23. 
a Engl. lot. 415. 
/3 ramis simplicissimis, caule prostrato. 
y caule stricto ramoso, ramis laxis. 
Var. a and (3 are common along the sea-coast : var. y I 
observed on the Salt-lake of Onondago, New York. 
0. <$ . Aug. v. v. Fleshy, smooth j salt taste. 
2. S. herbacea erecta, ramis simplicissimis indivisis : spicis 
longis articulatis. IVilld. sp. pl. 1. p. 25. 
Frequent on the coast of Virginia and Carolina. 0. 
July, Aug. v v. ; v. s in Herbario Gronoviano in 
Museo Banksiano asservato. Smaller than No. 1 . 
I consider this no more than a sub-species, and pro* 
bably the same with S. herbacea y. 
