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in small cymes of 1 — 3 flowers; mid-July to September. Stigmas 2. Seeds compressed, shining, 
finely punctate ; August and September. 
( a ) S. maritima var. macrocarpa Moquin Chenopod. Monogr. Enum. 128 (1840); Chenopodium macrocarpum 
Desvaux Journ. Bot. i, 48 (1813); Schoberia macrocarpa C. A. Meyer in Ledebour FI. Altaica i, 402 (1829); 
Suaeda macrocarpa Moquin in Ann. Nat. Sc. s6r. i, xxiii, 309 (1831); Chenopodina maritima var. macrocarpa 
Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii, pt. ii, 161 (1849). 
leones : — Smith Eng. Bot. t. 633, as Chenopodium maritimum ; FI. Dan. t. 489, as Chenopodium maritimum. 
Camb. Brit. FI. ii. Plate 190. (a) Whole plant (the prostrate form), (b) Persistent perianths, enclosing 
fruit. ( c ) The same (enlarged). Cornwall (C. C. V.). 
Exsiccata : — Billot, 1057, 1057 bis, as Chenopodina maritima ; Bourgeau {PI. d'Esp.), 1466, as Chenopodina 
maritima ; Durieu {PI. Set. Hisp. Lusit.), 238, as Chenopodina maritima', Fries, iv, 78, as Schoberia maritima ; v. 
Heurck et Martinis, v, 231; Reichenbach, 871, as Schoberia maritima ; Schultz, xii, 1132; Thielens et Devos, i, 
97 ; Welwitsch {Iter. Lusit.), 73, as Chenopodium maritimum ; Wirtgen, iii, 398, et viii, 394, as Schoberia maritima. 
Annual. Erect, decumbent, or prostrate. Stem, when erect, usually less tall than in var. 
flexilis. Branches more divaricate. Laminae shorter (about 1 cm. long), less markedly acute. 
Flowers appearing in mid-July, about 2 — 4 weeks earlier than in var. flexilis. Achenes larger 
(about 2 mm. in diameter), ripening earlier ; August and September. 
Both this and var. flexilis vary in being either erect or prostrate; and consequently we do not regard Syme’s var. 
ascendens {Eng. Bot. ed. 3, viii, 3 (1868)) and his var. procumbens {loc. cit.) as of any importance. Apparently Syme himself 
was almost of the same opinion, for, of his two varieties, he states that “it is scarcely possible to draw any line of demarca- 
tion between them ” {op. cit. p. 4). 
Cornwall, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Essex, Norfolk, and doubtless elsewhere. 
Belgium, France, Russia, Spain, and doubtless elsewhere. 
{b) S. maritima var. flexilis Rouy Ft. France xii, 63 (1910). 
leones : — Camb. Brit. FI. ii. Plate 191. {a) Shoot of a typical plant. Isle of Wight (C. E. M.). 
{b) Flowering shoot of a plant grown in an inland garden. ( c ) Flowers (enlarged), {d) Fruit (enlarged). 
Hort., origin Sussex (E. W. H.). 
Stem usually erect, occasionally prostrate, not branched at the base ; branches short, as- 
cending. Leaves longer and more tapering than in var. macrocarpa. Flowers appearing later ; 
August and September. Seeds smaller, about ri — i^mm. in diameter, ripening later. 
Dorset, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Sussex, Essex, Norfolk, and doubtless elsewhere. Perhaps more southern 
in its range than var. macrocarpa. 
Belgium, France, southern Europe, and doubtless elsewhere. 
S. maritima occurs in salt-marshes, usually on the higher portions, throughout the British Isles. 
Scandinavia, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, central Europe, Russia, southern 
Europe; northern Africa; Asia; America; Australia. Probably the American and Australian forms 
are specifically distinct from the European ones. 
Tribe 5. SALSOLEAE 
Salsoleae c. A. Mever in Ledebour Ft. Altaica i, 370 (1829); Moquin in Ann. Sc. Nat. s^r. 2, iv, 209 
(1835); in DC. Prodr. xiii, pt. ii, 169 (1849); Volkens in Engler und Prantl Pflanze7ifam. iii, pt. i a, 53 et 81 
(1893); Rouy FI. France xii, 64 (1910). 
For characters, see page 153. Only British genus; — Salsola. 
Genus 1. Salsola 
By C. E. SALMON, F.L.S. 
Salsola L. Sp. PI. 222 (1753) et Gen. PI. ed. 5, 104 (1754); Gaertner B'ruct. i, 359 (1788); Volkens in 
Engler und Prantl Pflanzenfam. iii, pt. i a, 81 et 82 (1893). [ Kali Tournefort Inst. 147, t. 128 (1719) partim.] 
Small shrubs, undershrubs, or herbs. Leaves small, alternate or opposite, sessile, more or 
less glaucous, often rigid and spinescent. Bracteoles 2. Flowers monoclinous. Perianth small, 
more or less succulent, persistent, with 4 — 5, usually 5, segments ; segments with a transverse 
scarious dorsal appendage or “ wing ” ; wing developing after pollination and enlarging more or 
less in fruit. Stamens 3 — 5, usually 5. Filaments sometimes inflated or even joined towards 
the base. Style rather long. Stigmas 2 — 3, usually 2, compressed or subulate. Achenes with 
