Lem7ia.] diandria — monogynia. 3 



3. PiNGUicuLA. Cal. 2-lipped, upper lip of 3, lower of I, 

 bifid segment. Cor. ringent, spurred. Germen ^\o\)o%e. Sligma 

 large, of 2 unequal plates or lobes. Caps. 1-celled ; Seeds at- 

 tached to a central receptacle. — Nat. Ord. Lentibulaui^e, Rich. 

 — Named from pinguis, fat ; the leaves being thick and greasy 

 to the touch. 



4. Utriculahia. Cal. 2-leaved, equal. Cor. personate, spur- 

 red. Stigma 2-lipped. Caps, globose, of 1 cell; Seeds fixed to 

 a central receptacle. — Nat. Ord. LENTiBULAiii^i;, Rich. — Named 

 from utriculus, a little bladder. 



*** Perianth double, itiferior, mo7iopetalous, irregular. Ger- 

 men or pericarp deeply 4-lobed, or, apparently , formed of 4 seeds. 



5. Lycopus. Cal. tubular, 5-cleft. Cor. tubular; limb nearly 

 equal, 4-cleft, upper segment broader and notched. Stam, 



distant, simple. — Nat. Ort^. Labiate, Juss Name, from X-jy.cg 



a ivolf, and toj;, a foot, from a fancied resemblance in the cut 

 leaves of this plant, to a wolfs paw: — der IFolfsfuss, in Germ. ; 

 — in English, Gupsy-ivort, because the plant yields a black dye, 

 which is employed by Gypsies to render their skins darker. 



6. Salvia. Ctv/. 2-lipped, tubular. Co?-, laljiate; the ifwie di- 

 lated upwards and compressed. Filaments vvith 2 divaricating 

 branches, 1 only bearing a perfect, single cell of an anther. — 

 Nat. Ord. LABiAxyE, Juss. — Named from salvo, to save, or Jieal, 

 in allusion to its balmy or healing qualities. 



**** Perianth double, superior. 



7. CmcJEA. Cal. 2-leaved, but united into a short tube at the 

 base. Cor. of 2 petals. Caps. 2-celled ; cells 1 -seeded.— AV/^ 

 Ord. Onagkahi^e, Juss. — Named from the enchantress Circe, 

 either from the prettiness of its flowers, or, as some say, from 

 its growing in damp, shady places, where plants used for incan- 

 tations are found. 



***** Perianth single, or none. 



8. Fraxixus. Ca/. 0, or 4-cleft. Cor. 0, or of 4 petals. Caps. 

 2-celled, 2-seeded, compressed and foliaceous at the extremity 

 (a Samara). Seeds solitary, pendulous. (Flowers sometimes 

 without stamens.) — Nat. Ord. Jasmine.!;, Juss. — Named froiu 

 9gag/j, a separation, in allusion to the facility with which the 

 wood may be split. 



9. Lemna. Perianth single, monophyllous, membranaceous, 

 urceolate. Fruit utricular. — Fronds without distinct stem or 

 leaves, floating on the surface of the icater, and increasing, not 

 only by seeds, but, fir more abundantly, by gemmae or buds, 

 concealed in lateral clefts of the parent frond, tvhich, growing out 

 on 2 opposite sides into new plan's, and these again producing 

 offspring in the same icay, tchile still attached to their parent, 



