OCTANDRIA. 10S 



kingdom, and at Bockleton, in Worcestershire, by- 

 Miss M. It blossoms at the end of March, or the be- 

 ginning of April, and the berries ripen in May, soon 

 after which the leaves decay. The leaves and the 

 flowers smell like musk, from which circumstance it 

 has been sometimes called Musk Crow-foot. 



HERB PARIS, Paris quadrifolia.- Few plants 

 are more readily distinguished than this, by the pro- 

 portion and regularity of all the parts. The leaves, 

 usually four in a cross, or sort of whorl. The Caly- 

 cine leaflets four, Petals four, Stamina eight, Pistilla 

 four, and a berry obscurely four-grooved, dark purple 

 when ripe, containing six or eight seeds. It is a good 

 and conspicuous example of a flower with grass-green 

 petals. It is a native of shady woods, rare in some 

 counties, and not very common in any, but in Here- 

 fordshire it is one of the ornaments of my own paternal 

 farm. 



British Plant of this Order. 



Botanical Generic Names. Common Karnes. 



1 ADOXA 1 MoSCHATEF.L 



2 Elatine l Waterwort 



•2 Paris l Herb Paris 



