A 
GENERIC and SPECIFIC 
DESCRIPTION 
O F 
BRITISH PLANTS. 
CLASS r. 
MONANDRIA. 
^he plants of this clafs have hut one fiamen^ and from one 
to two fiftils, 
MONOGTNIA comprehends fuch ^hxiX.% as have hut 
one pijiil. 
S ALICORNIA. Marsh Sampire opSaltwort. 
T he cup is fquare, truncated, ventricofe, and re- 
mains till the fruit be ripe. There is no flower 
and but one fimple ftamen, longer than the 
cup: There are two oblong, didymous, ered antherae. 
The germen is ovato-oblong, the flyle is fimpJe, and 
ftigma bifid. ' The ventricofe and inflated cup, fupplies 
the place of a feed vefTel and contains one feed. 
LiNNi5:us fays tho’ he obferved but one ftamen,' 
others have obferved two. 
Herhacea, Marfh Sampire^ Jointed Glaffwort^ or Salt- 
wort with joints flat at the apex, and emarginato-bifid. 
Common on the fea fhore. An, July,, Aug, The others 
found in England, and mentioned by authors, are only 
varieties and not diftind fpecies. 
B 
HIPPURIS. 
