58o MONOECIA POLYANDRIA. 



The Larvce^ or caterpillars of many fp- f^s cf 

 butterflies, feed on the green plant, and fhc:p 

 and oxen will readily eat the dry'd„ 



POLYANDRIA.. Stamina ultra 7. 



CERATOPHYLLUM. Gen. pi. 1065, 

 MASC. Cai multipartitus. Cor, o. Stamx 16-20. 

 FEM. CaL multipartitus. Cor, o. Fiji^ 1. Styl.o. 

 Sem. I, nudum. 



in- 



demerfum i CERATOPHYLLUM foliis dichotomo-bigen^is, 

 fruclibus trifpinofis. Sp.pl, 1409. {Vaill. a5l. gal. 

 1719. /». 21. /. 2. /. I. Loes. Pruff. 67. /. 12. 

 bene.) 



Horned Pond weed. Anglis, 



It grows under the water, in flow ftreams and 

 ditches. n.Yll. 



The flaik is round, fmooth, long, and greatly 

 branched : the leaves grow verticillate, about 

 eight in a whirl : they are fetaceous, femibifid, 

 ftiff, and ferrated with a few fpines : at the ex- 

 tremities of the branches the whirls are crowded 

 together in thick green clufters. The male and 

 female flowers grow feffile in the alse of the 

 leaves. 



MYRIOPHYLLUM. Gen. pi. 1066. 



MASC, Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. o. Sfatju o. 



FEM. 



