SHOBEWEED. 239 



a good game I hare had with them fighting my fifty against 

 my neighbour's fifty. 



The Shoreweed family, of which we have but one British 

 member (Littorella lacustris), varies from the Plantain in having 

 its stamens and stigmas on different flowers. The male flowers 

 are conspicuous, rising higher than the Hush-like leaves ; they 

 are solitary, and the stamens are long and handsome. The 

 female flower is concealed among the leaves. The plant grows 

 freely in the salt marshes about Clevedon, and on the banks of 

 the tidal rivers in Cornwall. 



With this family the third, or corolla, subclass ends. It is a 

 large class, and comprehends some of the most extensive tribes, 

 all of which have the stamens fastened to the corolla, which is 

 undivided or monopetalous. 



