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Linn^us tells us that fwine are fond of the leaves 

 and roots of this plant •, and that crickets and 

 Blattcs, or cock-roaches may be driven out of 

 houfes by the fmoke in burning of it. 



N. foliis cordatis integerrimis, calyce quadrifido. 

 Sp. pi. 729. (BlakwelL t. 49H, 499, 500. Ger. cm. 

 819./. I) 



White Water Lilly. Anglis. 



An duillcag-bhait', Rabhagach. GauUs. 



In lakes and ditches very frequent. 'U , VII & VIII. 



The leaves of this are much like the precedinp-, 

 but rather larger : the Petals are white, from 16 

 to 20 in number, wider than the leaves of the 

 Calyx, and more oval, the exterior ones approach- 

 ing to the nature of the Calyx, the interior ones, 

 which are gradually fmaller, to the Stamina : the 

 number of Stajnina is 68 or 70, and the outer- 

 mofl of thefe do agr.in refemble the inner Petals, 

 fo that the flower in ics natural ftate has the ap- 

 pearance of being double. It raifes itfelf out of 

 the water, and expands about fev^n o'clock in 

 the morning, and clofes again, repofino; upon 

 the furface, about four in the evening. Ths 

 fruit is fphasrical, crowned with a radiated diic, 

 like the preceding. 



The root has an aftringent and bitter tafle, like tho 

 roots of moil aquatic plants that run deep into 

 the mud. The highlanders make a dye with it 

 of a dark chefnut color. 



PENTAGYNIA. 



