The sea-side book; being an introduction to the natural history of the British coasts / By W.H. Harvey.

  • William H. Harvey
Date:
1849
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Credit: The sea-side book; being an introduction to the natural history of the British coasts / By W.H. Harvey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    others of the plants of salt-inarshes have a similar fancy for mountain air, particularly two kinds of Plantain {Plantago maritima and P. coronopus)] and the chief difference which climate makes upon them is, that the leaves in the shore-grown plants are more succulent and contain a greater quan- tity of soda. One of the most characteristic plants of salt ground is the jointed Glass-wort {Sali- cornea herhacea), a small herb with fleshy stems, divided into joints, with minute flowers concealed in the axils of the scale- like leaves. This plant, like Samphire, is some- times gathered for pick- ling • but it is rather an old-fashioned pickle, not often seen, even in coun- try places. In the south of Europe, several others of the genus grow in BAXIOOKKBA HERBAOEA. if** 1 great prolusion, and are largely collected and burned for the sake of the soda contained in their ashes. The Salicornia belongs to the same family as the common weed called Goose-foot {Chenopodium) \ and others of its kind are natives of the coast; such as the various kinds of Orache (A(ri- plex), some of which are shrubby and not unornamental.