THE 



LITTLE ENGLISH FLORA. 



" Nor are the plants that Britain calls her own, 

 Few or unlovely." 



CLASS 1. MONANDRIA. 



(Containing Plants with only One Stamen.) 



Only three of the British plants belong to this class, and 

 these are not common. One of them, Mare's-Tail, is found in 

 ditches, ttnd has its flowers and leaves in whirls, eight or ten 

 together. The other plants, called Marsh Samphire, grow on 

 mud, near the sea ; they are light green in color, fleshy, without 

 leaves, and are often sold and cut up for pickling. Of garden 

 flowers belonging to this small class are the Red Valerian, 

 Strawberry Elite, the Lopezias, and many interesting plants of 

 the green and hot-house ; as the Arrow Root, the Indian Shot, 

 Garland Flowers, Ginger, the Turmeric, &c.* 



* The Author is preparing a Work, similar in size and style to this, on 

 the Garden Flowers, arranging them according to the natural system of 

 botany. It is expected to be published in June, 1842. 



