Th BRITISH HER B‘A L. 
We have two other {pecies. ‘| 3. The leaft Bur Reed, Sparganium minimum. 
2. Bur Reed, not branched, Sparganium non The leaves ate very long, and the heads 
ramofum, Smaller, and with an upright fmall. 
ftalk. : 
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AG 0 RYU S. 
Me I ‘HE flowers are ranged together on a long and elegant receptacle, of the thape and bignefs of a 
finger : they are compofed each of fix hollow, obtufe leaves, with the fame number of threads, 
The feed-veffel is fhort, triangular, and contains feveral oblong, oval feeds, 
Linnzeus ranges this among the hexandria monogynia; the filaments being three, and the ftyle fingles 
Common Acorus. We have it by ponds in fome parts of Eng- 
Acorus vulgaris. land. 
j C. Bauhine calls it Acorns verus feu Calamus aro- 
The root is long, thick, and creeping; andis | sapiens officinarum. 
of a pleafing, warm, and aromatick tafte. 
The leaves are two feet long, of a yellowifh The root is ftomachick and deobftruent ; but 
green. it does not in our cold climate attain its full 
The catkin is of a yellowith brown. virtue. 
Th END of the THIRTY-SECOND CLASS, . ' 
