234 | The Natural Hiftory of the &c. Book VIII. 
The SmaLL Duck-WEED. 
HIS hath many long ftringy mofly green Roots. The Plant, {pread- 
ing itelf upon the Surface of the Water, is compofed of {everal 
round-pointed Inch-long Leaves, of a greenifh-white Colour, and regularly 
veined towards their Extremities, The Stalk, as well as above the firft half 
of the Leaf joining to it, is bagged or ftuffed in the Infide of near one 
fifth Part of an Inch thick: This, when cut through, is full of {mall lon- 
gitudinal Veins, or open Tabi. From that Part to the Extremity the 
Leaf affumes its thin proper Texture. 
CAPIL- 
