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PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Ulmus. 
toothed. Linn. Stems prostrate. Flowers either solitary or in pairs* 
Summits sometimes three. E. Bot. Root large, thick, fleshy. Stems from 
one to two feet long, angular, furrowed, often tinged with red. Leaves 
deep green, flaccid, ovate, wavy at the edge; stem-leaves larger, three or 
four inches long. 
Sea Beet. (Welsh: Melged arfor. E.) Sea coast, and about Notting¬ 
ham. (Near the South Steel Battery, Scarborough. Mr. Travis. Sea 
shore near Sunderland. Mr. Weighed. On the cliffs near Crafthole, 
Devon. Rev. P. Jones. Near Cramond. Dr. Willis. Grev. Edin. On 
the Bass Island, Firth of Forth. E.) Near Lynn, Yarmouth, and Wells. 
Mr. Woodward. Isle of Wight. Stokes. Dorsetshire coast. 
P. July—Sept.* 
SALSOLA.f Calyx five-cleft: Bloss. none : Seed one, (with 
a spiral embryo. E.) beneath; coated by the calyx. 
S. Ka'li. Herbaceous, prostrate : leaves awl-shaped, spinous, rough: 
calyx bordered, axillary. 
{Hook. FI Lond. 158— E. Bot. 634. E.)— FI. Dan. 818, left-hand Jig .— 
Woodv. 143— Dod. 81. 1— H. Ox. v. 33. 11. 
{Stems stiff and rigid, very much branched, leafy, pubescent. Leaves alter¬ 
nate, lying very wide, channelled. Flowers at the bosom of the leaves, 
solitary, sessile. Seeds top-shaped, with lobes convoluted. FI. Brit. 
Flowers greenish, with three floral leaves to each. E.) 
Prickly Glasswort, Saltwort, or Kelpwort. (Welsh: Hel-lys ysyi- 
gawg. E.) Sandy sea shores, frequent. A. July—Aug.J 
S. frutico'sa. Shrub-like, upright : leaves semi-cylindrical, rather 
blunt; (without spines. 
E. Bot. 635. E.)— Lob. Adv. 163. 3—J. B. iii. 704. 4. 
( Stem a yard high, woody, cylindrical, much branched ; branches upright, 
leafy. Leaves alternate, fleshy, smooth, rather glaucous. Flowers 
axillary, solitary, sessile, green. An elegant evergreen shrub, sufficiently 
ornamental for the garden. FI. Brit. E.) 
(Shrubby Saltwort or Glasswort. E.) Sea shore; not common. 
Near South wold, Suffolk. Mr. Woodward. (At Wells and Cley, Nor¬ 
folk. Holmes Island, Severn. Lobel. Mr. Crowe. Thornham, Norfolk. 
Rev. Mr. Sutton. At Weymouth. A. B. Lambert, Esq. FI. Brit. On 
Willington Ballast Hills, Northumberland. Winch Guide. E.) 
S. Aug. 
Ul/MUS. Cal. five-cleft: Bloss. none : Caps, superior, one- 
celled, membranous, compressed : Seed solitary. 
* (Were this plant cultivated, it would probably answer the purposes of an esculent 
vegetable as well as the other species. E.) 
+ (From sal , salt; alluding to the saline nature of the plant. E.) 
! (This plant (together with a few others of a similar nature, yields a valuable sort of 
soda, imported from the south of Europe ; and which constitutes a material ingredient 
in the manufacture of soap and plate-glass. To obtain the fossil alkali, the plants are 
well dried and placed on a deep trench on the shore upon cross bars, beneath which a fire 
is lighted, when they are violently agitated, and on cooling, settle into solid masses. E.) 
