

380 OCTANDRIA. TETRAGYNIA. EIatin& 



MoschateF- A. 



lina. Dkku h S _ E ^ hoU 453^y. j aftt g^-Curt. 137 -Kmph. 8 



7 



2-G 



1091. lC-Park. 320'. 6. 



RootJeaves generally 4, alternate from 2 rows, doubly 3- 

 fold : leajits lobed, cut, smooth. Leaf-stalks channelled. Stem 

 of the length of the leaves, undivided, nearly 4-square. Stem- 

 leaves l 2 f opposite, 3-fold ; leajits on leaf-stalks. Frnit-staHs 

 quadrangular, bare, terminating. Head 4-cornered, composed of 

 4 flowers in a whirl, with a jth at the top. Flowers green, 

 Linn, Root -leaves triply 3-fold ; leajits 3-lobed. The calyx 

 in the uppermost flower has only 2 lobes, the bloss. 4-cleft, the 

 stamens 8, and the pistils 4 ; but the lateral flowers have a 3- 

 cleft calyx, a 5-cleft blossom, 10 stamens, and 5 styles. Berry 

 green, reddish when quite *ripe. 



Taberous Moschatel. Damp woods, and shady places, not 

 uncommon. [In the wood on the S. W. side of the Pool at 

 Edgbaston, plentiful. In the woods to the North of Aston Park, 



] 



P. April, May 



ELATINE. Cal. 4-leaved : petals 4 : caps. 4-cel- 



led, 4-valved, flatted. 



Alsinas'- JE. Leaves in whirls ♦ 

 tt^ 1 - Vaill.l.6. 



Leaves 8 to 12 in a whirl. Hall. Mr. Woodward. 



Flowers white. 



Waterwort. Ditches and bogs. P. August. 



QUER'CUS. Male and Fern. Flowers on the same 



plant. Bloss. none. 



Male Calyx 5-cleft stamens from 5 to 10. 



Fern. Cal. 1 leaf, very entire, rough; styles 

 from 2 to 5 : nut egg-shaped, leather-like, 

 of 1 seed, and, when ripe, of ] cell. 



ro'bur. Q. Leaves on leaf-stalks, oblong, broadest towards the 



end, indentations rather acute, angles blunt : fruit 



nearly sitting 



Ludw. b^-Hunt. evel. p. frj-IVoodv. 126-Gars. 480-iW. 

 823. \-Lob.obi. 58-J. 3, and ic. ii. 154. 2-Ger. em. 

 1340. 2-ParL 1300. \-Lob.cbs. 583. 2, and ic.'u. 153. 



2-Kmpb. Z-Mattb. 204-7- B. i. b. 85-rLob. oh. 5SX 



