Class IX. ENNEANDRIA. Stam. 9. 



Order 1. IIEXAGYNIA. PhtihC). 



22+. BUTOMIIS. Oil. 0. Pel. 6. Caps. 6, with many 

 seeds. 



ENNEA^DPxIA IIEXAGYNIA, 



224. BUTOMUS. Flowcring-rush. 



Linn. Gen. 201. Juss. 46. Ft. Br. 430. Tourn. t. 143. !«/;». 

 <. 324. 6'rt?r<n. i. 19. 



Nat. Ord. Tvipdaloidccc. Linn. 5. J/^;?c/. Juss. 1 3. 



CW. none. Fct. 6, ovate, concave, witherinnr; the 3 outer- 

 most smallest, and most acute. Filam. avvl-blmped, shorter 

 than the corolla, 6 in the outer row, 3 in the iimer. Anfh. 

 ()blon«r, of 2 cells, each opening lenoihwise, by 2 valves, 

 the whole subseciuently contracted into a heart-shaped 

 fin;in-e. Grrmcns 6, oblong, the point of each elongated 

 into a vertical style, with an abrupt stigma. Caj)S. 6, ob- 

 long, taper-pointed, erect, each of 1 cell, and 1 valve, 

 bursting at the inner margin. " Seeds numerous, lining 

 the capsules, cylindrical, obtuse, furrowed, each with a 

 narrow lateral wing; cnibri/o minute, oval, undivided." 

 Citcrt}i. 



An a(|uatic lu rb, with radical, linear, triangular leaves, imd 

 a siu)j)le, radical, round stalh; bearing a large, bracteated 

 umbel., oi" haudsojae Y(1(\ /l(i\:e)S. 



1 . 1^. iiinhcJhitus. Common Flowering-rush. 



