. 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 102nd meridian. Botany. 2. Salicornia Bigelovii Torr. Bigelow's Glasswort. Fig. 1707. Salicornia mucronala Bigel. Fl. Bost. Ed. 2, 2. 1S24. Not Lag. 1817. Salicornia virginica Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13=: 145. 1849. Not. L. 1753. Salicornia Bigelovii Torr. Hot. Mex. Bound. Surv. 184. 1859. Annual, stem and branches stout, erect or nearly so, 2'-i2' tall. Scales ovate or trian- gular-ovate, sharpl
. 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 102nd meridian. Botany. 2. Salicornia Bigelovii Torr. Bigelow's Glasswort. Fig. 1707. Salicornia mucronala Bigel. Fl. Bost. Ed. 2, 2. 1S24. Not Lag. 1817. Salicornia virginica Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13=: 145. 1849. Not. L. 1753. Salicornia Bigelovii Torr. Hot. Mex. Bound. Surv. 184. 1859. Annual, stem and branches stout, erect or nearly so, 2'-i2' tall. Scales ovate or trian- gular-ovate, sharply mucronate, i"-ii" long, at length spreading; fruiting spikes 4'-24' long, 2"-3" 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. t marshes. Nova Scotia to Florida and Also in the Bahamas, Cuba, Porto Rico Coast. Plant bright red in In : Te,xas, and on the Pacifi, July-SepI 3. Salicornia ambigua Michx. Woody Glasswort. Fig. 1708. Salicorni 1803. ,big,ia Michx. Fl. 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'-lJ' long, about 2" in diameter, their 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; Santa Cruz. 12. SARCOBATUS Nees in Max. Reise N. A. i: 510. 1839. An erect much branched shrub, with spiny branches, alternate linear fleshy entire ses- sile leaves. Flowers monoecious or dioecious, the staminate in terminal ament-like spikes, the pistillate solitary in the axils, or rarely several
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