3H HEXANDRIA. HEXAGYNIA. Aristolochia. 



HEXAGYNIA. 



ARISTOLO'CHIA. Bloss. 1 petal, tongue-shaped, 



entire : stamens near the germen : cap. Q- 

 celled, beneath. 



Clemati'tis. A. Leaves heart-shaped: stem upright : flowers crowded, 



in the bosom of the leaf-stalks. 



Mill. illustr.-M* 



Wc 





-Dod. 326-lob. obs. 332. 2. k. i. 697. 2-Ger. em. Wt, 

 A-H. ox. xii. 17. o-Ger. 697-Lonic. i. 134. 2-Fuchs. 90-. 

 Trag. 17^-Matth. 6iS~Gars. 5. A. 



Stem upright, 2 or 3 feet high, simple, scored, cylindrical, 

 smooth, slightly zigzag. Leaves alternate, blunt, shining above, 

 pale green, smooth and veiny underneath. Leaf-stalks nearly as 

 long as the leaves. Flowers 6 or more together, upright or hang- 

 ing down. Blossom scored, yellowish green, often tinged with 

 purple. Capsule egg-shaped, blunt, hanging down. Mr. Woodw. 



Woods and hedges. Wood 2 miles from Thorndon, Essex, 

 and in Cambridgeshire. Blackstone.— Near Maidstone, Kent- 

 Huds. — [Stuston, Suffolk. Mr. Woodw.] P. July— Sept. 



The Tipula pennicornis fecundates the flowers, Schreber. 





POLYGYNIA. 



ALIS'MA. Calyx 3-leaved : petals 3 : seeds many. 



Planta'go. A. Leaves, egg-shaped, acute, on leaf- stalks : umbellules 



bluntly 3 -cornered. 



Curt. 318-E. tot. %37-Kniph. 12-Fl. dan. 56l-Trag. 2?6> 

 l-Lonic. 142. \-Fuchs. 42-J. B. iii. 787. 3-MattL 482 

 -ZW. 6*06. l-Lob. obs. 160. l-Ger. em. 41/. l-Parl* 



1245. 1-Ger. 337- 1-Pet. 43. 6". 



Fruit-stalks mostly 6 in a whirl, alternately longer and 

 shorter ; their subdivisions the same. Mr. Stackhouse. Stems 



and branches with 3 blunt corners. Leaves with 8 ribs, 2 of 

 them near each edge. Bloss. fully expanded about 4 in the after- 

 noon ; petals ragged at the end, shrivelling, pale reddish purple 

 yellow at the base. Capsules about 18 ; egg-shaped. 

 Water Plantain. Greater Thrumwort. 



Var. 2. Long-leaved. 



Pet. 4-3. 7. . , 



Leaves spear-shaped ; on leaf-stalks ; less acutely pointea 



