Sr- MONOfiCIA TETRANDRIA. 



the brink of the lakes with tufts of femicylin- 

 drical linear acute leaves, about two inches 

 long ; three or four, or more, naked ftalks arife 

 from 'between the leaves, about an inch and t 

 a half long, terminated each with one greeniih 

 male flower, furnilhcd with four white filaments, 

 near an inch long, {landing out of the flower. 

 The female flowers are fefllle, commonly two, 

 fometimes three, placed at the bafe of the male 

 .' ftalk. 

 This feems to be the plant which Dillenius has 

 figured under the name of Suhularia repens, fo- 

 His convexo plants^ Hijimufc. f. 542. /. 81. 



BETULA. Gen. pi. 1052, 



MASC. CaL i-phyllus, 3-fidus, 3-florus. 



Co7\ 4- partita. 

 FEM. Cal. i-phyllus, fub 3-fidus, 2-floru-s* 

 Sem. utrinque membrana alata. 

 Il-a I, BETULA foliis ovatis acuminatls ferratis. Sp. pi. 



^393' (Ger. cm. 147H. Blakwell. t. 240. Dtiha- 

 tnel Arhor. I. p. 100. /. 39.) 

 The Birch Tree. Anglis. Birk. Scotis. Am bea- 

 tha. Gaiilis. 



The highland woods abound v/ith this tree. In 

 many places is a beautiful variety, with long 

 pendent twigs hanging to. the ground, like 

 the weeping-willow. ^, IV. V. 



