190 OCTANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. [CL. VIII. 



dish-green. Annual : flowers in September : grows in watery places : 

 not common. Eng. Bot. vol. xv. pi. 1043. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 235. 



620. 



TETRAGYNIA. 



11. PA'RIS. HERB PARIS. 



Calyx inferior, of four lance-shaped, spreading, permanent 

 leaves. Petals four, awl-shaped, permanent. Filaments awl- 

 shaped ; anthers long, linear, two-celled, attached to the middle of 

 the filaments. Germen superior, roundish. Styles four, spreading ; 

 stigmas oblong, downy above. Berry globular, with lour blunt 

 corners, four-celled. Seeds several, globular. Named from par, 

 equal. 217. 



1. P. quadrifolia. Herb Paris. True-love. One-berry. Leaves egg- 

 shaped, generally four. Stem about a foot high, round, with four 



broadly egg-shaped leaves at the top : petals and calyx green : anthers 

 and styles yellowish : berry purplish-black. The whole plant is said to 

 be narcotic. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows in woods : not 

 common. Eng.Bot. pi. 7. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 241. 621. 



12. ADO'XA. MOSCHATELL. 



Calyx half-inferior, divided into two or three spreading, per- 

 manent segments. Corolla of one petal, wheel-shaped, divided 

 into four or five egg-shaped, acute segments, longer than the calyx. 

 Filaments eight or ten,' awl-shaped; anthers roundish. Germen 

 half-superior. Styles four or five, simple, short ; stigmas simple. 

 Berry globular, one-celled, half invested with the permanent 

 calyx. Seeds four. Named from a, without, and doxa, glory, 

 from its plain appearance. 218. 



1. A. Moschattllina. Tuberous Moschateil. Root of several imbri- 

 cated scales : stem solitary, erect, three or four inches high : leaves com- 

 pound : flowers pale-green, in a terminal head, four of them five-cleft, 

 with ten stamens, the uppermost one four-cleft, with eight stamens. 

 Perennial : flowers in April and May : grows in moist shady places : 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 453. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. p. 242. 622. 



13. ELATINE. WATER-WORT. 



Calyx inferior, of four or three roundish, spreading, permanent 

 leaves. Petals four or three, egg-shaped, spreading. Filaments 

 awl-shaped ; anthers roundish. Germen superior, globular. 

 Styles four or three, erect, very short ; stigmas simple. Capsule 

 globose, four- or three-valved, tour- or three-celled ; the partitions 

 attached only to the column. Seeds numerous, oblong. Name 

 doubtful. 219. 



1. E.hexundra. Small Heiandrous Water-wort. Leaves opposite, 

 spathulate ; flowers hexandrous, with three petals; capsule three-celled. 

 Procumbent, branched, with solitary flowers, having rose-coloured 



