j420 HEPTANDRIA. 



j/oUa of the latter; with Damasonium of 

 the former, a genus consisting of the Lin- 

 na^an Stratiotes alismoidesy Eaot. Bot. 

 t, 15. 

 6. Foh/fijpua. Alhma only — Engl. Bot. 

 t. 837, 775, &c. 



C L A $ s 7. Ilcptandna. Stamens 7- Orders 4. 



1. Mo]Wgi/nia. 'TrioitaUs, Engl. Bot. t.l5, 

 a favourite plant of Linnaeus ; and A'lscu- 

 liis, the Horse Chesnut. Several genera 

 arc removed to this order by late writers. 



2. l^igijnia, Limeum^ an African genus, 

 only. 



3. Tetragynia. Saururus^ a Virginian plant. 

 Jpoiwgeton, placed here by Linnaeus, is 

 now properly removed to Dodecandria, It 

 is an East Indian and Cape aquatic genus, 

 bcarino: above the water white fragrant" 

 flowers in a peculiar spike, which is either 

 solitary or double. 



4>,IIeptagi/nia. Sepias, a Cape plant, very 



nearly akin to Crassida, to which Thunberg 



refers it. If its character in Linnaeus be 



■ constant with respect to number, it is very 



