

MONANDRIA. TETRAGYNIA. Zaiinichellia. 7 



ridge on each side, and an awl-shaped termination, giving thera 

 some resemblance to a bird's claw. Mr. Woodward. 



Horned Lahenveed or Pond<weed. Ditches and stagnant waters. 

 [Ditches near Bungay, Suffolk. Mr. Woodward.] A. June, July* 



Var.'2. Anther 4-celled : summits entire. Mich. 



Mick 34. 1. 



Leaves strap-shaped, flat, very entire, smooth, embracing 

 the stem, 2 or 3 at each joint. Flowers from the bosom of the 

 leaves, throughout the whole length of the stem, opposite, one 

 with stamens on one side, and one with pistils on the other. 

 Female flowers on the upper part of the stem near the male 

 flower, on the lower part of the stem opposite to it. Pistils 

 sometimes 5. Summits membranaceous, target-shaped, concave, 

 flat, expanding outwards, 6* or 8 times as broad as the styles. 

 Seed-vessel a dry berry, oblong, compressed, with 2 keels, 

 tapering to a point. St. ™ 



Slow brooks and stagnant pools, not uncommon. Sept. 



class ir. 



DIANDRIA. 



MONOGYNIA, 



[Schaenus albus. Schsenus mariscus. Lepidium ruderale. 

 Fraxinus excelsior.] 



(1) Bloss. 1 regular petal ; beneath. 

 LIGUSTRUM. Bloss. 4-cleft. Berry 4- seeded. 



(2) Bloss. irregular. Seeds in a capsule. 



VERONI'CA. Bloss. border with 4 divisions, lower se£- 



ment the narrowest. Caps, inversely heart-shaped. 



PINGUrCULA. Bloss. gaping, ending in a spur. Gal. 



5 -cleft. 



UTRICULA'RIA. Bloss. gaping, ending in a spur. CaL 



2 leaves. 



(3) Bloss. irregular. Seeds naked. 

 LY'COPUS. Bloss. nearly regular. Stamens wide ;*part. 



VERBENA. (See Didynamia Gynmosperniia.) 



SAI/VIA. Bloss. gaping, Fila?nents fixed across a pedicle 



[Saiicomia hcrbacea.] 





