MONOECIA DIANDRIA. 537 



D 1 A N D R I A. 



LEMNA. Gen. pi. 1038. 



MASC. Cnl. nionophyllus. Cor. niMd. 



FEM. Cal. monophyllus. Cor. nulla. Siyl. i. 

 Caps, nnilocularis. 



LEMNA foliis petiolatis lanceolatis. Sp. pi. 13* 6. 

 (Ger. em. 830, /. 2, Michel, gen. t. 11, f. 5. 

 Roes. hifi. Polyp. /. 72, frontlfpiciali ad imum.) 



Ivy-leav'd Duck's- Meat. Anglis. 



In clear ftagnant waters, as in Didijlon-Loch. Dr. 

 Farfons. n. VI. 



The ilalk is dichotomous, filiforme, and divari- 

 cated, having a lanceolate leaf at the angle of 

 the branches, but proliferous ones, terminating 

 the branches ; i. e. fimilar leaves growing out of 

 their fides at right angles : where thefe three 

 leaves are ccnjoin'd there flioots out a pendeni; 

 radicle, with a conical papilla at its bafe. 



LEMNA foliis felnlibus utrinque planiufculis, 

 radicibus folitariis. Sp. pi. 12,-6. {Gcr. em 829, 

 KaiiSynops. 120. t. 4,/ i. Michel gen. t. i r, /. 

 ^, Blacked, t. 580. Rocs. hljl.Fojp. t. 72 ^ 74, 

 f, 12.) 



The lead Duck's Meat. Jr.glls. 



In flagnant Waters common, o. VII. 



It produces its fiowers in the Dog-days, which, to- 

 gether with the feeds, afford a nourilh-menc to 

 that wonderful animalcule cnlJed the Hvdra Pc- 



