SALICORNIA

(Lat.), n. f. Sa2l(sasl)-i2-ko2rn'i2-a3. From sal, salt, and cornu, a horn. Fr., salicorne. Ger., Gla chmalz. Saltwort, samphire; a genus of soda-yielding plants constituting the Salic or nice, a tribe of the Chenopodiacece. The Salic or niece of Bentham and Hooker include S., Halo stachys, Microcnemum and numerous other species, [a, 35.] S. fruticosa. 1. A Cape-of Good-Hope species used in salads and as an antiscorbutic. 2. The Halocnemum fruticosum. [a, 35.] S. herbacea. Fr., salicorne herbacee. Crab- (or frog-) gra , gra wort, English sea-grape, marsh-samphire. Its herb, herb a salic or nice, was formerly used in urinary complaints and as an antiscorbutic, [a, 35.] Cf. BARILLA. [s. 431]