PENTANDRIA— POLYGYNIA. Myosurus. 125 



1 . M. minimus. Common Mouse-tail. 



M. minimus. Linn. Sp. PI 407, Willd. v. ] . 1568. Fl. Br. 348. 



Engl. Bol. V. 7. f. 435. Curt. Lond.fasc. 4. t. 26. Hook. Scot.93. 



Fl.Dan. ^.406. 

 M. n. 1159. Hall. Hist. V. 2. 67. 

 Myosuros. Raii Sm. 251. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. p. 2.512. f. Lob. Ic. 



440./. 

 Holosteo affinis, Cauda muris. Bauh. Pin. 190. 

 Cauda muris. Ger. Em. 426./. Tdlands Ic. t. 108. 

 C. murina. Dod.Pempt. 112./. 



In cornfields, on a gravelly soil. 



Annual. Maij. 



Root small, fibrous. Herb smooth, varying much in luxuriance. 

 Leaves numerous, nearly erect, from 1 to 2 inches long, rather 

 fleshy, narrow, single-ribbed, bluntish ; tapering at the base into 

 footstalks nearly of their ovi'n length. Flower-stalks several, 

 taller than the leaves, round, each bearing a small upright^ower. 

 Petals pale yellow. Germens 2 or 3 hundred, green, forming a 

 long spike, raised much above the other parts of the flower, and 

 not unaptly answering to the generic name ; especially when 

 the seeds ripen. 



