HEXANDRIA POLYGYNlA. 19J 



ounce and half to a man, by a drachm at a dofcj 

 three or four times a day, has, in ieveral in- 

 fiances, been found to cure the dropfy, but in 

 more has fail'd. 



POLYGYNlA. 



ALISMA. Gen. PL 460. 

 CaL 3-phylkis. Peinia 7. Sem. plura. 

 phm^go a- ALISMA foiiis ovatis acutis, Vrudibus obtufe tri- 

 ^ ' ' gonis. Sp. pL 4S6. {Ger. Em. \^"].f. i.) 



Great Water Plantain. Anglis. 

 On the banks of lakes frequent, as at Dudijlon- 



Loch, ^c. n. VII. Dr. Pf.rfo s. 

 The leaves are large, fmooth, oval and pointed : 

 the ftaik erecfl: and naked : the flowers whitCj 

 and fmall in proportion to the plant, growing in 

 a large open panicle ; the branches verticillate. 



ramnculoi- A. foliis lineari-lanceolatis, frudibus globofo-fquar- 

 des 2. rods. Sp. fl 487. {Ocd. Dan. t. \ii. opt Ger. 



E',n. A^'i-f 3- P^^- ^J£^''^- i- 43-/- S-i 

 Leffer Water Plantain. 

 In chtches and bogs, but not common. I obferv^d 



it in ditches and by the fides of lochs in th$ 



iHandof Jp.. ^. VII. 



o cLassis 



