402 Mr. Cutler's Account of indigenous Vegetables,

knows how much time is necessary for investigating and ar-ranging a considerable number of plants in a part of the coun-try never before explored.

Ipswich, January 26, 1784.

MONANDRIA.

MONOGYNIA.SALICORNIA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 10.

Salicomia articulis apice compressis emarginatis bisidis. Syst.Nat. Kali geniculatum annuum. Park.

GLASSWORT. Saltwort. Marsh Samphire. The stem growsabout eight or ten inches high: the main stem divides itselfinto numerous branches. It is found on the sea-shore. Blos-soms in September.

In Etirope a fossil alkali is obtained from the ashes of thisplant, which is in great request for making glass and soap. Itis said to make a pickle little inferior to samphire.

DIGYNIA.BLITUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 14.

Blitum capitellis spicatis terminalibus. Syst. Nat. Chenopo-diomorus. Boerh.

BLITE. Several stems rise from the same root, running in-to many short ramifkations. Leaves oblong and obtuse. Blos-soms extremely small; green with a yellow anthera. Thesmell is considerable, resembling Savin. About Parker-nverbridge, in Newbury. August.

DIANDRIA.

MONOGYNIA.

LIGUSTRUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 18.

PRIM. Privet. A shrub. Leaves in pairs. Blossoms white.

Berries black. In Lynn. Not very common in a wild State.

June. It

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