190 OCTANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. [dl. VIII. 



joint : flowers small, reddish-green. Annual : flowers in Septem- 

 ber : grows in watery places : not common. Eng. Bot. yol. xv. pi. 

 1043. Eng, Fl. vol. ii. p. 235. 620. 



TETRAGYNIA. 



11. PATHS. HEKB PARIS. 



Calyx inferior, of four lance -shaped, spreading, permanent 

 leaves. Petals four, awl-shaped, permanent. Filaments awl- 

 shaped ; anthers long, linear, two-celled, attached to the middle 

 of the filaments. Germen superior, roundish. Styles four, 

 spreading; stigmas oblong, downy above. Berry globular, 

 with four blunt corners, four-celled. Seeds several, globular. 

 Named from par, equal. 217. 



1. P. quadrifolia. Herb Paris. True-love. One-berry. Leaves 



egg-shaped, generally four. Stem about a foot high, round, 



with four broadly egg-shaped leaves at the top : petals and calyx 

 green : anthers and styles yellowish : berry purplish-black. The 

 whole plant is said to be narcotic. Perennial : flowers in May and 

 June : grows in woods : not common. Eng. Bot. pi. 7. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. ii. p. 241. 621. 



12. ADO'XA. MOSCHATELL. 



Calyx half-inferior, divided into two or three spreading, per- 

 manent segments. Corolla of one petal, wheel-shaped, divided 

 into four or five egg-shaped, acute segments, longer than the 

 calyx. Filaments eight or ten, awl- shaped ; anthers roundish. 

 Germen half-superior. Styles four or five, simple, short ; stig- 

 mas simple. Berry globular, one-celled, half invested with the 

 permanent calyx. Seeds four. Named from a, without, and 

 doza, glory, from its plain appearance. 218. 



1. A. Moschatiillina. Ttderous Moschatell. Boot of several 



imbricated scales : stem solitary, erect, three or four inches high : 

 leaves compound : flowers pale- green, in a terminal head, four of 

 them five-cleft, with ten stamens, the uppermost one four- cleft, 

 with eight stamens. Perennial: flowers in April and May : grows 

 in moist shady places : common. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 453. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. ii. p. 242. 622. 



13. ELA'TINE. WATER-WORT. 



Calyx inferior, of four or three roundish, spreading, perma- 

 nent leaves. Petals four or three, egg-shaped, spreading. 

 Filaments awl-shaped ; anthers roundish. Germen superior, 

 globular. Styles four or three, erect, very short ; stigmas sim- 

 ple. Capsule globose, four- or three-valved, four- or three- 

 celled ; the partitions attached only to the column. Seeds nu- 

 merous, oblong. Name doubtful. 219. 



1. E. hexdndra. Small Hexandrous Water-wort. Leaves oppo- 

 site, spathulate ; flowers hexandrous, with three petals ; capsule 

 three-celled. Procumbent, branched, with solitary flowers, 



