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DODECANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Carpinus. 



ones alternate. Flowers in tufts in the bosom of the leaves, 

 sometimes close together ; forming a long leafy spike. Calyx 

 hairy, 6 of the teeth short and blunt, the other b awl-shaped. 

 Petals fixed within the longer teeth of the calyx, red purple. 

 Sometimes a single anther grows to one of the petals, and in this 

 case, besides the 12 perfect stamens, a single filament is found 

 without an anther. 



Purple-spiked Willovjherb, or Loosestrife, or Grasspoly* 



Var. 1. Leaves 3 in a whirl : stem 6-cornered. Ray. 



433 



Marshes 





July 



L. Leaves alternate: flowers with 6 stamens. 



j Hall. jen. 6. 2, at p. 295-Jacj. austr. 133-2s. hot. 292- 



C. B. pr. 108-7. #• *«• 792. 2-Ger. em. 581. 2-Park. 

 220. 2-Hall.jen. 6. 3. 



Stems trailing, rather stiff, branching, rod-like. Leaves alter- 

 nate, sitting, strap-spear-shaped, quite entire. Flowers solitary, 

 in the bosom of the leaves. Calyx tubular, with 5 or 6 open 

 teeth. Petals 6, purple, white at the base. Stamens shorter 



Hyssopifo'- 

 lium. 



nearly 



than the calyx. Linn. Stem simple, or branched near the root, 

 not so upwards. Leaves strap-shaped, scattered. Flo* 

 sitting. Blossoms blue. Mr. Woodward. 



Hyssop-leaved Willo<w-herb. Grasspoly. Small Hedge-hyssop. 



Watery places, and where water has stood during the winter. 

 [Near the Wheat Sheaf, 5 miles" from Huntingdon, on the north 



road. Mr. Woodward.] 



A. July, Aug- 





DIGYNIA. 



CARPI'NUS. Male and female flowers on the same 



plant: bloss. none : caL 1 leaf, a fringed scale. 

 Male. Stamens 1 8 or 20. 

 Fern. Germens 1, with 2 styles on each : nut 



egg-shaped. 



C. Scales of the cones flat, 



Matth. 145-G*r. }29S-Park. 1406-7. B. i. b. \\6-HunU 

 EveL p. 143 ; i. /. 138. ed. Il.-CIus. i. 55. 2-2W. 841- 



Lob. obs. 607. 2, and ic* ii. 1^0. l~Ger. em. l$79~Trag. 



1109-Lontc. i.33. 2. 



Stamens 8 to 16. Linn. Filament dividing at the top, each 

 division supporting a distinct anther. Bark smooth, white. 

 Leaves oval, pointed, sharply serrated. 



Vol. IL Ff 



Bet'ulus. 





