

386 ENNEANDRIA. HEXAGYNIA. Butomus. 



Barren spikes much shorter than the fertile ones. Mr. Robs. 

 Some male plants bear a few female flowers. Calyx smooth in 

 the male, hairy in the female flowers. Stamens sometimes l6 or 

 more. 



French Mercury. Waste places and dunghills about towns 

 and villages. [Near Norwich, and at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Mr. 

 Wqodw^rd. Near Sunderland. Mr. Robson.] A. Aug. Sept.* 



HEXAGYNIA. 



BUTOMUS. Invohcrum simple, of 3 leaves : pe- 

 tals 6 ; caps. 6 ; many-seeded : seeds fixed to 

 the sides of the capsules. 



umbclla'tus.B. 





Curt.-E+ hot. 651-Kmph. 7-FL dan. GO±-Walc.-Ger. 27-2 

 -Matth. lQ37~Dod. 601. I- Lob. obs. 44. 2-Ger, em. 29< 

 **2-Park. 1197. l-#. 0*.xii.o.™w 3./. 3~7.5.ii.524. 



Leaves 3-cornered, very long. Ln<volucr. of 3 brown spear- 

 shaped leaves. Fruit-stalks forming an umbel ; long, thread- 

 shaped, unequal, separated by brown membranaceous leaves. 

 Stamens placed in a regular circle upon the receptacle, not as in 

 the generic character. Stem cylindrical, naked. Blossoms purple 

 and white, terminating, sometimes quite white. 



Flowering Rush. Water Gladiole. Slow streams, and muddy 

 ditches. [Skern, near Darlington. Mr. Robson. Side of the 

 river Avon, at Evesham, Worcestersh. Mr. Ballard. — JBungay* 

 Suff. Woodward. — Stafford and Tamworth.] P. June.t 



HYDRO'CHARIS. Male and female flowers on 



* different plants : cal. 3-cleft: bhss. 3 petals. 



^Male; sheath 2- leaved : flaments, the 3 inner 



ones style-bearing. 

 Fern. caps. 6- celled ; many-seeded ; beneath. 



Morsus- H. 



Ra'nie. Curt. \6j~E. fat. 8Q8-Fi:dan. 878-DoJ. 583. l~Ger. em. 



818. /. Z^Park. 1252. A-Dod. 583. 2~Lob. ic i. 5<tf. 1- 



J. B.jxu 773. 1. 



* The whole plant is mucilaginous, and was formerly much em- 

 ployed as an emollient, but is now disregarded. 



The small Old Gentlewoman Moth, and Pbalana Mcticulosa feed upon 

 i;, Linn.— The seeds taste like those of hemp. St. 



t Neither cows, horses* sheep, swine, or goats will eat it. Lxnn--~ 

 It is an ornament to the banks of our rivers and marshy ditches. Mr* 



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