salicornia

[Lat. sal (gen it. sal is )=salt, and cornu a horn. Named from the saline properties of the and the horn-like branches.] Bot .: Marsh-samphire, Gla wort; a genus of Chenopodiaceae. Annual or perennial leafle herbs, with cylindrical, jointed, succulent stems. Flowers bisexual, minute, in threes at the base of the internodes. Perianth fleshy, three or four-lobed; stamens one or two; styles two. Fruit a compre ed utricle, inclosed in the enlarged perianth. From salt marshes, ., chiefly in the temperate zones. Known species five or six. Various species furnish soda in large quantities; Salicornia brach i at a , common along the coasts of India and those of Indian salt-lakes, does so. [SAJJI, 1.] S. indica ( Arthrocnemum indicum) might be similarly used. săl-1-cos-ÿl, s. [ Eng.salic ( yl ); Gr.osmē=odor, and suff. -yl.1 Chem.: CH5O2. A monatomic radicle which may be supposed to exist in salicylol and its derivatives. săl-i-çül, subst . [Lat. salix , gen it. salic ( is )=a willow; -yl.] Chem. CHO. The diatomic radicle of salicylic acid and its derivatives, unknown in the free state. salicyl acetic-acid, s . } IMG:content-0906.png:[blocks in formation] salicylate of soda, s. Chem.: 2NaC7H5O3, H2O. Sodium salicylate, prepared by mixing 100 parts of pure salicylic-acid with sufficient water to form a paste, and then adding 104 parts of pure sodic-carbonate. It forms small, colorle , or nearly colorle , crystalline scales, inodorous, and po e ing a sweetish saline taste, soluble in fifteen parts of cold water and six parts of alcohol, very soluble in boiling water, the solutions being neutral or very faintly acid. Perchloride of iron colors a concentrated solution reddish-brown, and a dilute solution violet. Like salicylic-acid, it is a powerful antiseptic, and is them. It is highly recommended as a specific for frequently added to beers, wines, ., to preserve rheumatism, the dose varying from 10 to 30 grains. săl-1-çl-ic, a. [English salicyl; -ic.] Derived from the willow. salicylic-acid, s. Chem.: C7H6O3=(CHO)" } O2. Spinoylic acid. Ortho-hydroxy-benzoic acid. A dibasic acid existing ready formed in the flowers of Spiræa ulmaria , and obtained synthetically by the oxidation of saligenin, or by heating sodium phenol to 180° in a stream of carbon anhydride. It a sweetish sour taste, and crystallizes in colorle four-sided prisms; is slightly soluble in cold, more so in boil ing water, soluble alcohol and ether, melts at 158°, and sublimes at 200° in slender needles having a strong luster. Ferric salts impart to its aqueous solution a deep violet color. The salicylates are all crystalline and soluble. Salicylic acid is employed as an antiseptic and anti putrefactive agent. One grain added to each ounce of a fermenting liquid will at once arrest fermentation. It has the power of preserving for a time milk, fresh meat, albumen, ., and is used in the surgery, either alone or mixed with starch, to destroy the fetid odor of cancerous surfaces or uncleansed wounds. salicylic-aldehyde, s. [SALICYLOL.] salicylic-anhydride, s. [SALICYLIDE.]