Ratanegeen TETRANDRIA TETRAGYNIA, | ~A5L 
41. M. tetrandrum. R. 
Esletie verticelled, all filiform-pinnatifid., Wises axill- 
ary, verticelled, tetrandrous. Calyx four- leaved, | 
_ Compare with Hottonia sessiliflora. Linn. sp. pl. ed. Willd. 
1: Bl Bair: bow ass oth: san J 
- Teling. oe aa 
odt grows in. sweet water ; appearing during the rains, . 
Stems round, articulate, spongy below the water, Tomoth 
various, above the water from four to six inches, about the 
thickness of a crow’s quill. Leaves verticelled, pinnatifid, 
below the water they are much larger, with capillary seg- 
ments; above the water they are small. Flowers very small, 
white, verticelled, i, e. one in the axill of each leaf... Calyx, 
above, four-leaved ; leaflets permanent. Petals es epic: 
Filaments shorter than the petals. pita e ae 
2. M. tubereulatum, R. 
Leaves verticelled, pinnatifid, gp ade ee. siccall. 
ed, tetrandrous; fruit tetraceous, tubercled. 
A native of borders of lakes, and other moist cin near 
Calentts, in blossom: most part of the year, and very much. 
iBone: cxtoapints;: enh jointed, length various, seeiees 
enlzatnition about five or six inches. Leaves verticelled, pin 
natifid, or acutely serrate, | Flowers verticelled, sessile, one 
in the axill of each leaf, small, pink-coloured. Calyx none, 
Corol ; petals oblong, expanding, pink-coloured. Filament. 
short. . Anthers linear. » Seeds united in a the form of a coals 
lobes, tabercled L pewicarp. ees Jipebataalle”. 
(i are ag Schreb. gen. N. 234. ae 
- Calyx none, Coro] four-petalled. Germs four. Styles 
none, ene Sei Embryo hooked, alii 
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