. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. CHENOPODIACEAE. Vol. 2. Salicornia Bigelovii Torr. Bigelow's Glasswort. Fig. 1707. Salicornia mucronala Bigel. Fl. Bost. Ed. 2, 2. 1824. Not Lag. 1817. Salicornia virginica Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13^: I45- 1849. Not. L. 1753. Salicornia Bigelovii Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound, burv. 184. 1859. Annual, stem and branches stout, erect or nearly so, 2-12' tall. Scales ova
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. CHENOPODIACEAE. Vol. 2. Salicornia Bigelovii Torr. Bigelow's Glasswort. Fig. 1707. Salicornia mucronala Bigel. Fl. Bost. Ed. 2, 2. 1824. Not Lag. 1817. Salicornia virginica Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13^: I45- 1849. Not. L. 1753. Salicornia Bigelovii Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound, burv. 184. 1859. Annual, stem and branches stout, erect or nearly so, 2-12' tall. Scales ovate or trian- gular-ovate, sharply mucronate, i"-ii" long, at length spreading; fruiting spikes i'-2i' long, 2"; in diameter, their joints not longer than thick; middle flower slightly higher than the lateral ones, reaching very nearly to the end of the joint; utricle pu- bescent. In salt marshes. Nova Scotia to Florida and Texas. Also in the Bahamas, Cuba, Porto Rico and on the Pacific Coast. Plant bright red in autumn. July-Sept. 3. Salicornia ambigua Michx. Woody Glasswort. Fig. 1708. Salicornia ambigua Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 2. 1803. Perennial by a woody rootstock, stem trail- ing or decumbent, 6-2° long, the branches ascending or erect, slender, nearly or quite simple, rather long-jointed, 3'-8' long. Scales broadly ovate or wider than high, acute or obtuse, appressed or slightly divergent; fruit- ing spikes J'-ii' long, about 2" in diameter, Iheir joints not longer than thick; flowers all about equally high and about equalling the joints. On sea beaches and salt meadows. New Hamp- shire to Florida and Texas, and on the Pacific Coast from British Columbia to California. Bermuda ; Bahamas ; Cuba to Santa Cruz. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britto
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