120 PENTANDRIA. MOXOGYNIA. 



183. MENYANTHES. L. (Buckbean. Marsh 

 Trefoil.) 



Calix 5-parted. Corolla fuunel- formed; bor- 

 der spreadiiis^, 5-lobe(h equal, densely villous 

 on the tipper side. Stigma bifid. Capsule \- 

 cellcd, 2 valved; a seminal receptacle attached 

 to ea( h valve. 



Herbaceous, aquatic, leaves ternate, alternate, petiole 

 sheitthintc. 



Species. 1. M. trifoliata. A erenus of a single spe- 

 cieti, coronion boih to Em-ope and North Ameiica. "Bit- 

 ter and sudorific." Smith. Flor. Brit. i. p. 226. 



184 VILLARSIA. Gmdin. 



Calix 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5 1( bed, seg- 

 ments bearded at the base, with the foargins 

 inflected. Stigma 2-lobed. Glands 5, alternating 

 with the staniin;«. Cajisule 1 -celled, valveless. 



P^Ioatini* .iquatic herbs; with alternate entire leaves, nnd 

 chisiers of pedunculate fioweis, apparently bursting from 

 the sheatliing petioles. 



Species. 1 V. lucunosa, {Menyanthes tracht/spermei, 

 Mich.) 2. cordalUy Elliott. 



185. HOTTONIA. L, (Water- feather.) 



Calix 5 parted. Corolla salverform, 5-lobed. 

 Stamina seated upon the tube of The corolla. 

 Stigma globular. Capsule 1 -celled, globose, acu* 

 iBiinute. 



Aquatic herbs, leaves verticillate, pecinately pinnatifid, 

 multifid or si ' ply se. rate; flowers solitary, axillary, or 

 termit.al, and veriicillately .spiked, involucrunn under each 

 veiticil, niauv-ieavt'd. lioes this plant really germinate 

 with 2 cotvledons? 



Species. 1. ff. infata, Khh. Verticilli about 4-floW- 

 ered; floweis siiortiy pechuiculate; corolla white, some- 

 whiit sliortertiian liie calix; sc;ipc sliort, art'Ciiaterl, iiiter- 

 nodts and lower p.rt uifiaiecl; leaves aUeniaie, crowded, 

 peciinately pinnatifid. 



