[Jume, gume; native name.] A species of glasswort (Salicornia) found on the sea-coast of South America, which on being burnt yields a large amount of carbonate of soda.
18[?]. J. Ball, in Jrnl. Linn. Soc., XXI. 233. Gume.
1877. Schnyder, Contrib. Fl. Argent., 28. Jume, native name for many Chenopodiaceous species growing in salt-marshes in Argentina.
1879. Beerbohm, Patagonia, ii. 18. A straggling, stunted bush, the jume, which grows here in considerable quantities.
