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Show Wee perrisH Gon diese 1U HER BAT. S The=*B RT FE 1-S It is common in fhallow waters, flowering in July. C. Bauhine ae it Potamogiton foliis XVI, Bil-S TeO RE. BAUS TF }O° ca Tan RPT af. {mall filaments, with three ftyles, contained in a coloured cup, HEflower is compofed of five This is forméd ofa fingle piece, imperforate at the bafe, and at the verge dividedinto five r. After this comes a three-cornered feed, upon which oval fegments, which natura lly clofe togethe the cupclofes and furrounds it. Linnzusplaces this amnong the offandria trigynias the ftyles being three, and the filaments cight, in each flower. The ftalk is round, jointed, and a foot high, The leaves are long and narrow, andof a deep 1. CommonBiftort. Biftorta vulgaris. 7070.10 green. he root is thick, and irregularly fhaped, The flowers ftandin a long fpike at the top of brownonthe furface, and red within. he leaves have long, red footftalks ; and are oblong, broad, andof a fine green. The fialk is jointed, of a pale green, and the ftalk ; and are of a fine fleth-colour. Wehaveit in Yorkfhire. It Aowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Biforta Alpina a 1, flat-ftalked ton fe ee XVII. an ler, aemore branched than the former. and encumbered with € fame form and colour in all, and the 1 manner of growth in nothing different. j us places this among the 7 fame plant, from hermaphrodite andfer The cup is compofed of fourfinall, oval leaves, obtufe at the 1. Broad-leaved Pondweed. Potamogiton latifolium: 4070 fhe “he ftalk is round, and two feet or more in tea but naturally grows under water. nefs ofthe ftalk diftinguihes this. . Broad, thin-1 eaved Pondweed, Pota. foliis tenuibus pellucidis. The leaves long, brown footftalks. Feather-leaved Pon male, on the fame plant. T re of two kinds, h HE flow ous leaves, with filmy e dite flower confifts of a cup, forn ed of five meeciuen afterwards a fingle feed. The female ower confifts of a up, formed only of d. Thefe afterwards ferve to defend hich are of an oval form, large, and comp Spear-pointed Orach. ; and is fucceeded by fourfeeds, of a roundifh form, but fwelling one fide, and poi nted. Linnzeus places this among the tefrandria tetragynia; the flower having. four threads, and fout bag root is fibrous. : Ray calls it Biforia minima folis i tundis. EEO rear: OG Tt ON Potamogiton perfoliatum. finely divided. . Dwarf Grafly Pondweed, Potam pufillum gramineo folio caule tereti, The round- flowers in June. PONDWEED. 2. Perfoliate Pondweed. Fennel-leaved Pondweed, Po folium. The leaves are very narrow, and ftand in a fhortfpike. We have it on our northern mountains, It The root is oblong, thick, and of an irregular form. The root is compofed of long fibres, con- graminets erratis | Harfh-leaved Gr: fy Pondweed fuliis gramineis rigidis. A large plat Great-headed Pondweed, Pota timum grand:nfaclis caj hk very narrow. Theleaves on it are flender, and the flowers CE “She ff nected to a fhort head. The ftalk is weak, brown, and two feet or more in length, partly immerfed in water, and partly lying onit. The leaves under water are narrow; thofe on the top broad, oval, and high ribbed. The flowers are {mall and whitifh ; and they ftand in long, flender {pikes. It is commonin waters, flowering in Auguft, C. Bauhinecalls it Potamogiton rotundifolium. Serrated Grafly P om Potamogiten foliis Pond have obfcure footit Clufter-leaved, grafly Pokeiweed, the edges; and have long footitalks. The ftalk is four inches high. 489 Fromthis d dent will much more readily comp: leaves ah ave no foctf The root is thick and brown. The firft leaves are roundifh, andferrated at 2. Leffler Biftort. HE flower has no petals. gupta i ller than the former, and the flowersee core . Heart-leaved Pondweed, Potanogites dato. Deeply divided at the bafe of theleaf. bite meiuit . Prog’s Lettuce, Potan whofe leaves growin pairs, andare ol 3. Various-leaved Biftort. dried and powdered. Re . Long, os ucid-leaved G sat Pondweed, PoDiftin- Biftorta foliis rotundis et oblongis. The root is good againft fluxes of all kinds Gr and characters. d, graffy Pondweed, two feet high. The eaves onit refemble thofe from the root: The fowers are of a fine fiefh-colour, and ftand in a thick f{pike. It is found in meadows, and flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Bi/lorta radice minor intorta. Others, Biftorta vulgaris. Biftorta minor. Befide thefe, there are no lefs than fifteen other Jnolith fpecies of pondweed ; the general form of which being the fame, we fhall avoid the repetition of fo many defcriptions, and give their names HERBAL, The leaves are ‘of an oval form, and furround the ftalk at the bafe. The flowers ftand in flender fpikes,rifing from their bofoms. Atriples vulgaris folio b The root is fibrous. The ftalk is upright, two feet high, branched, and ofa pale green. Theleaves are oblong, broad, and of a pale green, very broad tow al the bafe, and termigular point, like thee headof = o It is common in rivers, flowering in July a {pear, C. Bauhine calls he flowers are fmail, and whitifh. It is common in cultivated ground, and flowers in Jun it Potamogiton fol JSplendentibus, 3. Oak-leaved Pondweed. Potamogiten quercus foliis eri The root is fibrous. The ftalk is weak, and eight inches lo! grows under water. The leaves are very beautiful, of 2 green, oblong, obtufe, and wavedat the e The flowers growinflender {pikes { bofoms, andare whitifh: thefe alfo flowers of the oak. 6 cia; the feeds being ripened in two wayson the ufeful plants, mult beco: reader an idea of the¢ rooms; articles which have fubject of volumes infolio ; e few remainnt view comprife in a ful ing numbers of this ¥ k. erated are The fpecies of erach here to be e thefe 1. Narrow-leaved Orach, folio. The flowe y aved Sea C. Bauhine calls » Atriplex | Befide this, there are nolefs thanth fpecies ofwild orach, common onourdt and fome others of the d/ite kind, which called by the name orach, t having been obvious to the ea! thall explain that under the next here, as intk i fpecie: fpecies, eply cut, ach, 4: maritima perenThe leaves of a bluith ch, Afr. are deeply cut, Seyi S Sea-Orach, Atriplex is a procumoent |