Aralbsj.] i'l-i i \< i:.l. 



modern systematists regard I i and Lemna< i 



from which I eparate them ou account of their want ol spadix, 

 them with the curious genui Cryptocoryne. I'>_\ ome ov< i 

 and Endlicher regard Lemnacea as exalbuminou . 



Lamna inhabits the ditches of the cooler parts oi the world ; Piistia thi 

 Imbroeinia the basin of the Mi dife rranean. 



Pistia Stratiotes grows in water-tankB in Jamaica, w] Browne, 



acrid, and in hot drj weather impregnates the water with its particli 



as i" give rise to the bl Ij flux. A decoction of the same plant is ■ 



rlindoostanees as cooling and demulcent, and the) prescribe it in cases of dysuria. 

 The leaves are also made into a poultice for haemorrhoid > Med, 



, 97. 



ci m I ; \ 



l.oiuun, /.. latophoce, Schleid. I Pistia. X 1A111I 



:>. //"'/.. Bpirodela-, SchleM Zala, Lour 



Uorkella, Rchb. I I > 



Ni mi i us. Gen. . Sp. 20. 



a . 



UTIO.N.— PlSTIACE*;. .'. 



Naiada 



Thi leaves "1 Pistia have no Btomates, but are furnisbe i instead witli joint 

 aaira. GFriffith, Not. III. 124, 2] 1 ; which consult for numerous details and specula! 

 is to the import of organ . 



ADDITION \i. '.I n: R 



I 11IKI. 



\, i up rrnum, Klotzscl • . . . 

 Limnonesis, Klotzseh. | Nv A ' ' 



