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the East Indies, and is a genus consisting of the Lin- 

 naean Straliotcs alismoides. This species is called 

 Damasonium indicum by Dr. Roxburg, from whose 

 work of Coromandel plants, the figure here intro- 

 duced is copied. 



As the classification of this system is expressly made 

 on the principles of Linnaeus, I have not thought it 

 proper to use any other name for this plant than the 

 one by which it is to be found in his works, or I should 

 have been glad to have adopted Dr. Roxburg's, to avoid 

 the appearance of a mistake, having introduced a 

 Slratiotes in the Class and Order, Polyandria hex- 

 agynia. 



ORDER 6. 



GREAT WATER-PLANTAIN. Of this plant polygy 



there are five species ; four of English growth. This '1' 



blossoms in July and August, with numerous white ^■'." y Pis " 

 and purplish flowers: it grows wild in the Lake of 

 Keswick, and some lakes in Wales. I have seen it in 

 the neighbourhood of Ross and at Brockleton in Wor- 

 cestershire. This is the only Genus of this Order. 



