232 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Hottonia. 



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trifolia'ta. M. Leaves growing by threes : blossom segments entire at 



the edge, shaggy on the upper surface. 



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Curt. 240-£. hot. tyi-FL dan. 54l~Blackw. W^-Woodv. 

 5-Ger. 1024. 1 and <2-Dod. 58Q-Lob. obs. 496. Z-Ger. 





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Leaves spear-egg-shaped. Bloss. pinky and white* forming 

 a spike-like bunch, with a floral-leaf at the base of each pedicle. 

 One of the most beautiful of all our native flowers. 



Marsh Trefoil. Water Trefoil. Marsh Cleaver. Trefoil 



Buckhean. Ponds and pits frequent. [Abundant in pits near 

 Ranton Abbey, StafFordsh.J P. June, July * 



HOTTO'NIA. Bloss. sal ver- shaped : stam. fixed 



to the top of the tube : summit globular : 

 caps. 1 -celled, globular. 



palus'tris. H. Fruit-stalks in whirls, many-flowered. 



Dicks, h. s.-Curt. i. 1-E. hot. 364-Fl. dan. 4$7-Mattb, 

 . 1168-ZW. 584. 2 and3-Lob. obs. 460. 2-Ger. em. 826. 

 1 andQ-Park. 1256. 4-Ger. 678. l-Ghek. 43. 



Foliage under water as in Myriophyllum. Spike of the flowers 

 alone rising above. Linn. Some flowers have 6 stamens, and 

 then the cup and the blossom are divided into 6 segments. 



Whether we consider the lightness of its elegantly winged 

 leaves, or its whirled spikes of lilac-coloured blossoms, it is cer- 

 tainly superior in beauty to the greater part of our indigenous 

 plants. 



Water Violet. Water Yarrow. Water Gilliflonuer. Ponds 



and ditches* [Several places near Stratford, Essex. Mr. Jones. 



Between Ormskirk and Liverpool. Dr. Stokes*— Road sides 



from Litchfield to Barton. Mr. Pitt. — Ditches, Suffolk, frc- 



?|uent. Mr. Woodward. — In a pit by the foot road from Wel- 

 ington, in Shropsh. to Leegomery.] P. June, July* 



* An infusion of the leaves is extremely bitter, and is prescribed in 

 rheumatisms and dropsies. A dram of them in powder purges and vo- 

 mits. It is sometimes given to destroy worms. I n a scarcity of hops 

 this plant is used in the north of Europe to bitter the ale: two ounces 

 supply the place of a pound of hops. Some people smoke the dried 

 leaves. The powdered roots are sometimes used in Lapland instead ot 

 bread, but they are unpalateable. Some people say that sheep will eat 

 it, and that it cures them of the rot. But from the Upsal experiments it 

 appears, that though goats eat it, sheep sometimes will, and sometimes 

 will not. Cows, horses, and swine refuse it. 



