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Show The BRL? I 8H Hoe Goer WN. U =s Il, LIMNOPEUC Z. HERBAL BRET I S-H S VSVIVRSVSLSSHOLSSSSRGSLSSGIPPISSPIS SIDI S RII HISIS Caw A Ss Ss XXXI. Planis whofe flower is compofed of a cup and filaments, without any petals, T= is a very large clafs; and there is not in the whole compafs of the fcience one better 9 ae flowers are of two kinds, male and femalé, on the fame plant. Thé male flower confitts of number of buttons, fupported a cup, divided into feveral minute pointed { ments, and a g: andin it only 4 on very fhort filaments. ‘The female flower has the fame kind ofcup with the m rudiment of the future feed. ; the filaments being numerous, and the two ong the monacia pol) Linnzus places tl kinds of flowers onthe fame plant. x. Simple-leaved Limnopeuce. ip Ee ee s fimplicibus. G69. OC Limmopeuce The root confifts of numerous fibres. The firft fhoots from it lie upon the mud, and fend out more fibres at their joints. Theflalks are numerous, round, hollow, and of a faint green. The leaves encircle themat the joints ; andare numerous,fimple, narrow, andalfo ofa pale green. The flowers are numerous and greenifh: they ftand partly at the tops of the ftalks, and partly Ray has placed them together under the term apetalous, and others, who havefollowed Nature, have feared to feparate them. But, in the modern fyftem of Linnzeus, theyare, like the reft of Nature’s alliances, fcattered overall his works, the docks being placed among his triandria, and the atvi- in the bofoms ofthe leaves. It is common in muddy waters, flowering in Auguft. Cordus calls it Limnopeuce. Others, Linmopence vulgaris. plex among the polygamia monecia at the other end of his work. ‘Thefe are the errors againft which I declare, refting the objection upon Nature; againft whom there is no appeal. 2. Four-horned Limnopeuce. marked, or more obvioufly diftinguifhed, to the unprejudiced eye; the want of petals, the gaudy part of a flower, rendering thefe altogether unlike all the others. Limnopeuce foliis quadricornis. Hae a at ae PREPSISSSSLDS SPSPPPSPeOSGISBaoORESS S$ { Eye hoe SS i Therootis fibrous. The ftalks are weak and flender, loaded with leaves, and not very erect. Ge, Natives of BRITATN. BN PLE N oD. FS nee APONOGETON. "THE flowers are of two kinds, male and female, on the fame plant. The male flower confifts of a fingle filament, terminated by an oval button, not having fo much as a cup. The female flower has a cup, formed of oneleaf, and dented in twoplaces at the edge; in which areplaced fe- are rudiments of feeds, crowned with fimple ftyles; and both kinds are fituated in the bofoms of the leaves. Linneus places this among the monacia monandria, and gives it the name Zannichellia. A Horned Aponogeton. Aponogeton cormutum. The flowers are fmall, and greenifh ; and SLCo,. Therootis fibrous, and white. The ftalk is round, green, weak, and very much branched. The leaves are oblong, narrow, numerous, they ftand in the bofoms of the leaves over the greateft part of the plant. 3. Eight-horned Limnopeuce. Limnopeuce offo cornulus armata. The rootis fibrous. The ftalk is weak, and of a brownifh green. The leaves are foft to the touch ; whereas thofe of the other are harfh, and are armed with eight horns. The flowers are very fall, and greenith. We have it in ponds and rivers, flowering in autumn. Raycalls it Hydroceratophyllum leve ofo cornubus armato. Thevirtues of thefe plants are altogether unknown, US Ili PEPPER-GRASS. Thofe of which one or more fpecies are naturally wild in this country. Ge The leaves are placed in clufters ; and are narrow, and armedwith four horns. Their colout is a brownith green. It is frequent in brooks, and produces its inconfiderable flowers in July. Ray calls it Hydroceratop tuor cornmubus armato, Other Jetifolium, GOS a RT as. no HE flowers are of two kinds, male and female, upon the fame plants, The male flower has ubftance ; and cup or petals; but confifts of four long, twifted anther, fixed to one com a rudiment of a thefe grow upon the leaves without footftalks. The female flower confifts numerous feeds fruit; which is roundifh, and afterwards enlarges in fize, and when ripe is filled with in four cells. Linnzeus places this among the eryptogamia. Pepper-Grafs. Pilularia vulgaris. Meg 7 The root is fmall, fibrous, and white. 7 Theleaves are numerous, long, very flender, and of a fine green. The flowers are minute and greenifh , and the feed-veffels, when ripe, are brown. It is common in waters, and flowers in July. Gy Pantedera calls it Aponogeton aquaticum graminifolinm faminibus fingularibus. and of a frefh green, It is not uncommonin damp places, but is unobferved from its likenefs to grafs. Raycalls it Graminifolia paluftris repens vafculis granorum peperis emulis, Others, Gramen peperinum. IV. U.S Een. SEA-POND WEED. M. POTAMOGITON MARITIMU 2 plant. The male flowers confitt oF fingle HE flowers are male and female upon the fame ji ir r h. f ) on a pedicle, rifing from the bofom of a buttons, on very fhort filaments, arranged together AMA Aee diment of a feed, only of a leaf, and having nocup. The female flower has no cup. It confifts :rife from one common sah head; beads and aud footftalks fupported fingly on a flender footftalk: feveral of thefe the feed, when ripened, is oblong. Of this genus there is but one known fpecies 6G Grafly N° XLVIIL, |
