BS'^ GYNANDRIA POLYANDRIA. 



marina u ZOSTERA pericarpiis feffilibus. Syji. nat. 605. 

 Sp. pi 1374. {Ger. em. 1569. /. 8. Oed. Dan, t. 

 1^. cpt,) 



Grafs-WnKk. JngUs. 



It is thrown up on the fea-coafts frequently. %* 

 VIII. 



The leaves are long, narrow, linear, and grafs-like, 

 fheath'd with JiipuU at the bale. The flowers 

 grow on one fide of a thin fiat, Wncav fpad^Xy 

 ^ imbedded in a cavity on one fide of the leaf, 



at its bafe. The Jlamina and germina grow al- 

 ternate to each other upon thcfpadix, about ten 

 in number of each fort. 



Linn-^us informs us, that the humble Inhabitants 

 of Gothland in Sweden condefcend to thatch their 

 houfes, fluff their beds, and manure their land 

 with this plant. 



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