Limosella. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA, 91 
vate, equal, Filaments four, in the upper bent part of the 
tube. Anthers round, two-lobed, approaching by pairs. Germ 
four-celled, with one ovulum in each attached to the bottom 
ofits cell, Nut wrapped in the permanent calyx, spontane- 
ously separating into two, singly straight on the inside; gib- — 
bous on the outside, and there armed with obtuse hornlets, 
_ two-celled, with a large spurious cell or cavity on the inside, 
Seeds solitary, curved, clavate. Integuments single, pure 
white, and very thin, Perisperm none. Embryo white, con- 
form to the seed, erect, Cotyledons linear-oblong. Plumula 
minute. Radicle inferior, pointed. 
_ Thave not found that this plant is put to any use. 
LIMOSELLA. Schreb. gen. N. 1039. 
Calyx from three tor ive:blety Corol from four to five- 
cleft. Stamina approximated by pairs. Capsule one or two- 
celled, two-valved, many-seeded, 
L, diandra, Willd, ii. 342,00 - 
Creeping. Leaves paired, linear, » ' Seapes eT as ame. 
as the leaves, one-flowered. Capsules two-celled, 
An exceeding gly small plant, found growing at the — 
of clear, standing, fresh water. Sto/es numerous, cre 
filiform, jointed, so intricately interwoven, that a distinct spe- 
cimen is not easily separated. 
- Leaves sessile, two at each joint, erect, linear, wedge-form- 
ed, obtuse ; about three quarters of an inch long, nail the six- 
teenth of an inch broad. Peduncles solitary, erect, between 
the pair of leaves, and of the same length, one-flowered. 
Calyx three-cleft; segments unequal. Corol ; tube cylindric, 
a little curved, of the length of the calyx ; border spreading, 
unequal ; upper division largest, wedge-formed, three-tooth- 
ed; lateral segments smaller and srk the lower one is the 
rent of alle Siete te, in hes tube of the corol. -Anthers 
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