Limosella. didynamia angiospermia. 91 



vate, equal. Filaments four, in the upper bent part of the 

 tube. ^w///e>.s round, two-lobed, approaching- by pairs. Germ 

 four-tilled, with one oviduni in each attaciicd to the bottom 

 ofits cell. Nut wrapped in (he permanent calyx, spontane- 

 ously separating- into two, singly straight on the inside ; gib- 

 bous on the outside, and there armed m ith obtuse hornlets, 

 two-celled, with a large spurious cell or caviJy on the inside. 

 Seeds solitary, curved, clavatc. luteguments single, pure 

 white, and very thin. Perisperm none. Einhnjo « hite, con- 

 form to the seed, erect. Cotijleduns linear-oblong", Plumula 

 minute. Radicle inferior, pointed. 



I have not found that this plant is put to any use. 



LIMOSELLA. Schreb. gen. N. 1039. 



Calyx from three to five cleft. Corol from four to five- 

 cleft. Slamina approximated by pairs. Capsule one or two- 

 celled, two-valved, many-seeded. 



L. diandra. Willd. iii. 342. 



Creeping-. Leaven paired, linear. Scapes solitary, as long- 

 as the leaves, one-flowered. Capsules two celled. 



An exceedingly small plant, found growing at the bottom 

 of clear, standing, fresh water. Stoles numerous, creeping, 

 filiform, jointed, so intricately interwoven, that a distinct spe- 

 cimen is not easily separated. 



Leaves sessile, two at each joint, erect, linear, wedge-form- 

 ed, obtuse ; about three quarters of an inch long, and the six- 

 teenth of an inch broad. Peduncles solitary, erect, between 

 the pair of leaves, and of the same length, one-flowered. 

 Calyx three-cleft; seyments unequal. Carol ; tube cylindric, 

 a little curved, of the length of the calyx ; border spreading, 

 unequal ; upper division largest, wedge formed, three-tooth- 

 ed ; lateral seyments smaller and oval, the low er one is the 

 least of all. Filaments two, in the tube of the corol. Anthers 



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