MONOECIA— MONANDRIA. Zannichellia. 69 



TithymalusCharacias. Matth.P'algr.v. 2.588./. Ccnner.Epit.960.f. 



Clus.Hist. V. 2. 188./. Dalech.H'ist. \*42.f. 

 T. Characias rubens joeregrinus, Bauh. Pin. 290. 

 T. Characias Monspeliensium. Rail Syn. S\2. Ger. Em. 499./. 

 T. Characias seciindus. Dod. Pe)npt.'SG8./ 

 T. amygdaloides sive Characias. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. p. 2. G72./. 

 Churacias Monspelliensis. Lob. Ic.3d9./. 

 Esula caule crasso. Riv. Tetrop. Irr. t. 115. 



In bushy mountainous places, rare. 



In the forest of Needwood, Staffordshire,, very plentifully, undoubt- 

 edly wild. Mr. IVhatelij. 



Shrub. March, April. 



Stems shrubby, perennial, three feet high, or more, downy, very 

 milky, purplish brown, hollow, simple ; leafy in the upper part. 

 Leaves numerous, evergreen, crowded, on winged stalks, spread- 

 ing every way, lanceolate, acute, entire, dark green, paler be- 

 neath, downy and soft to the touch, though rather more coria- 

 ceous than the last J the upper ones gradually shorter and broader. 

 Umbel large, of 12 or 15 downy stiff branches j besides many 

 axillary ones from the u))permost leaves ; each once or twice 

 forked. Bracleas of a lighter green, downy, broadly heart- 

 shaped, partly pointed ; combined at the base. Nect.4, cres- 

 cent-shaped, obtuse, dark purple. Caps, drooping, of 3 tumid 

 hairy lobes. 



The scent of the /lowers is powerfully fetid, and disagreeable, 

 though the aspect of the plant is not unhandsome. It is evi- 

 dently distinct from the last, and from numerous foreign shrubby 

 species, which approach it in general habit, but whose nectaries 

 are mostly yellow, or reddish, and their leaves smooth. 



424. ZANNICHELLIA. Horned-pondweed. 



Linn. Gen. \7C). Juss.\9, Fl.Br.9:ro. Mich. Gen. 70. t.3\. Lam. 



t.74l. Gcertn. t.\9. 

 Graminifolia. Dill. Giss.suppl. 1G8. 



Nat. Ord. Inundatcv. Linn. 15. Xaiades. Juss. G. Flu- 

 viales. Hook. Scot. j). 2. \9'3. 



Barren fl. Cal. none. Cor. none. Filam. solitary, sessile, 

 simple, erect, taller tlian iha Jrr/./l. Arit/i. ovale-oblon«^% 

 erect, of 2 or 4 parallel cells. 



Fcrt. fl. solitary, by the side of the burr. JL ('(d. of 1 small, 

 tumid, cloven leaf, inferior. (\>r. none. ( irnn. l or 5, 

 rarely more, stalked, ohlon*:;, ohtuse, incurved. Sli/lr 1 

 to each germen, terminal, simple, erect, shorter than the 

 germen. Sfi<^ni. solitary, sprcaclin'T, peltate, ovale, dilated, 

 entire, or toothctl. Cajjs. stalked, oblong, incurvetl, iome- 



