192 
SALICORNIA 
(/ 3 ) forma patula Moss and Salisbury in Camb. Brit. FI. ii, 192; S. annua Smith loc. cit ., including S. pro- 
cumbens, in sensu stricto ! ; S. patula Duval-Jouve loc. cit., partim ! ; S', herbacea var. procumbens Syme Eng. Bot. 
viii, 6 (1868); S. herbacea race annua Rouy FI. France xii, 58 (1910); S. europaea forma patula Moss in Journ. 
Bot. xlix, 180 ( 1 9 1 1 ). 
leones: — Smith Eng. Bot. t. 415, as S. annua (repeated in ed. 3 as S. herbacea var. acetaria)-, t. 2475, as 
S', procumbens, repeated in ed. 3 as S. herbacea var. procumbens). 
Stem shorter than in the commoner samples of forma stricta, often more or less decumbent ; 
branches fewer, shorter, and more divaricate. Spikes shorter. 
This appears to be the commonest form of the species in northern Europe generally. 
S’, herbacea occurs in salt-marshes, especially muddy salt-marshes which are frequently in- 
undated by the tides. From the Channel Isles, Cornwall, and Kent northwards to Zetland; 
in all the maritime counties of Ireland, except Leitrim. 
Scandinavia, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, central Europe, Russia, southern 
Europe ; northern and southern Africa ; Asia ; America. Probably the “ 5 . herbacea ” of all tropical 
or subtropical localities belongs to a distinct species. 
S. do lie host achy a x herbacea (see page 1 90). 
>S. herbacea x pusilla Moss and Salisbury in Camb. Brit. FI. ii, 192 ; S. intermedia Woods in Bot. 
Gazette iii, 30 (1851) partim. 
Stem erect, usually much shorter than in S. herbacea. Segments shorter and becoming more 
turgid than in S. herbacea. Spikes intermediate between the putative parents, much shorter than 
in S', herbacea. 
Woods (loc. cit.) states that his S. intermedia includes three plants, all of which are erect. The first, he states, 
resembles S', pusilla, but has longer and redder spikes : this we refer to S. herbacea x pusilla. The second approaches 
S. herbacea in its yellow-green colour and long cylindrical spikes : this is perhaps S. dolichostachya x herbacea. The third 
approaches S. ramosissima in its bushy habit : this we refer to S. herbacea x ramosissima. It is, of course, impossible 
to use the name S. intermedia for a medley of hybrids or other intermediate forms; and, if the name be used at all, 
it should, we think, be restricted to the first of these forms. 
Hampshire (northern shores of Hayling Island, and south-west of Lymington). Not known elsewhere. 
S. herbacea x ramosissima Moss and Salisbury in Camb. Brit. FI. ii, 192 ; S. intermedia Woods 
loc. cit. part. 
Intermediate between the putative parents, and growing with them. Spikes shorter and more 
acute than in S. herbacea, longer and more obtuse than in S. ramosissima. 
Hampshire, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and doubtless elsewhere. 
Denmark, France. 
4. SALICORNIA RAMOSISSIMA. Plate 200 
Salicornia ramosissima Woods in Bot. Gazette iii, 29 (1851)!; Moss in Journ. Bot. xlix, 1 8 1 (1911); 
S. patula Duval-Jouve in Bull. Soc. Bot. France xv, 175 (1868)! partim. 
leones : — FI. Dan. t. 303, as S. herbacea var. europaea. 
Camb. Brit. FI. ii. Plate 200. (a) Whole plant, in the fruiting state, (b) Seeds (enlarged). Lincolnshire 
(C. E. M.). 
Exsiccata : — Smith herb. ; herb. E. S. Marshall, 2597. 
Annual. Stem erect, up to about 18 — 20 cm. high, very much branched in the luxuriant 
forms, but all stages to branchless specimens occur, branches ascending. Segments apple-green, 
entirely green except the membranous upper margin which is dingy red or crimson : in the green 
forms, the lower segments fade to yellow ; segments about 10, rarely up to 20 mm. long, basal 
ones sharply keeled. Spikes tapering and markedly acute when in flower ; terminal ones about 
? 1 2 — 16 mm. long, with about 4 — 6 flowering segments, segments about 2 — 3 mm. long and of 
the same width, becoming blunt in fruit, sterile segment at base about 3 — 5 mm. long. Flowers — 
central one nearly twice as large as the lateral ones, reaching about two-thirds of the way up the 
segment ; appearing at the end of August. Stamens 2, appearing successively. Seeds with 
crozier-shaped hairs ; late October. 
