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MONOECIA MONANDRIA 



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MO NO E CIA MONANDRIA 



ZOSTERA 



Caly 



and Corolla 



Anther ovate 



Calyx et Corolla 

 Anthera ovata, sessilis. I 

 Germen ovatiim, spa- | sile. Germ ovate 



dici unilateiali 



t- serted in a nnilateral 



Stylus bifidus. spadix. Style 2-cleft., 

 Capsula monosperma. | Capsule one-seeded. 



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1. Marina. 



Z. foliis integerrimis, 

 subtrinerviis; caule te- 

 retiusculo. 



Leaves entire, slight- 

 three-nerved; stem 

 somewhat terete. 



Sp. pL 4. p. 179. Pursh, I. p. 2. Nutt. 2. p. 201. 



Stem terete, flexuous, somewhat jointed, throwing out roots from the j^^^^ 

 Leaves long, linear, tender, alternate, varying much in the number ^" ,/ 

 tinctness of its nerves. Flowers in two rows, on a linear spadix ^"^'^^^^^ 

 the sheathing base of the leaves. Anther oblong, sessile, ^'^2^"^,*^"^^^^' 

 Germ (placed alternately on each side of the anther) oblong. Style s ^^• 

 Stigmas two, acute. Capsule membranaceous, containing one elliptical y 

 lowish seed. Smith, Eng. Bot. ^^o. 467- c *Uq 



This plant I have not myself seen. But it is found on the <^^^*^J*/ ^5^ 

 middle states, and is said to grow on all of the shores washed by the Ati 

 Ocean, in which it often floats. Found generally in salt water ditches cu 

 on muddy shores. 



Flowers August 



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•Septemb 



