POLYGAMIA MONOECIA. 6^3 



or glumes of the corolla^ are two in number, thin, 

 acuminated, and about half the length of the 

 calyx. None of the glumes in this fpecies are 

 bearded, neither is there any triflorous calyx to 

 be found in it, according Xo the characters of 

 the genus, 



VALANTIA. Gen.pL 1151. 



HERMAPHROD. Cal o. Cor. 4-partita. Siam. 

 4. Siyl 2 -fid us. Sem, i. 



MASC. Cal. o. Cor, 3-s. 4-partita. Stam. 4-s. 3. 

 Pijlillum obfoletum, 



VALANTIA floribus mafculis quadrifidis, pedun- 

 culis diphyilis Sp. 'pi, ij^gi. (Cer. em. 111-2^. f, 

 I- Moris, hiji.f. 9, /. 21, /. i. Cruciata hhjuta. 

 Vet. herb, /. 30./. i. Blackwel /• 76.) 



Crofs-wort, or Mug weed. AngHs. 



In bufhes, and by wood rid,es, but not very com- 

 mon. In the king's park at Edinburgh. Dr. 

 Varjom. %. VI. 



The f^alks are fquare, at firft weak and reclinino-^ 

 afterwards ereft ; this and the whole plant haij-y. 

 The leaves are oval and verticillatc, four in a 

 whirl; each leaf furnifhed with three nerves. 

 The flowers are yellow, and grow out of the ala^ 

 of the leaves, on Ihort branched peduncles, the 

 males mixed with the hermaphrodites. 



The plant, particularly Che roots, will dye a red 

 colour. 



It 



