DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Monotropa. 117 



Class IX. ENNEANDRIA. Stamens 9. 

 Order L HEXA G YNIA, Pistils 6. 



BU'TOMUS.' Flowering-rush. 

 B. umhelldtus. Common F. E. B. 651. C. 1. 29- 



Ditches and margins of rivers, on gravelly soil. Christ Church 

 Meadow. Pools on the sides of the Botley Road. Near 

 Ensham. Sb. 



Per. June. 



Only British plant of Enneandria. 



Plant lower part immersed in water. Ls. all immediately from 

 the root, erect, near three f., linear, triangular, pointed, flat in 

 the upper part. Stalk taller than the Is. simple, solitary. 

 Z7m5e/ terminal, simple, many-flowered. Bract, brown, sharp, 

 spear-shaped. Fl. large, shaded rose-colour. Antli. red. 

 Germ. red. 

 Amongst our peculiar, and most ornamental British plants. Not 



eaten by cattle in general. 



Class X. DECANDRIA. Stamens 10. 

 Order L MONO G YNIA. Pistil 1 . 



MONO'TROPA.' Bird's-nest. 



M. Hypopitys.^ Yellow B. Flowers in a drooping 

 cluster ; side-one Avith eight stamens ; terminal one 

 with ten. E. B. 69. H. L. 105. Plot. 146. t. 9. f. 6. 



Roots of beeches and firs. Stokenchurch. Woods between Nettle- 

 bed and Henley. Sb. Frequent in the Counties of Oxford, 

 Bedford, Buckingham, and Berks. Huds. Stokenchurch 

 Woods. Ray. Near Buckland-, Berks. Mr. John Reddy. 

 Slade Woods, Gloucestershire. Mr. Sandys, Pembroke College, 

 Oxford. 



Per. July. 



Stem thick, fleshy, scaly, tiled, closely so at the lower part. Plant 

 pale straw-colour,^., same colour. Fl. side ones from six to 

 eight stam. Plant exliales a fragrant smell, during the process 

 of its becoming dry, and black. Flower-spike nodding : it 



' From bons, an ox, Gr. and temno, to cut, Gr. because the sharp leaves cut 

 the mouths of browsing cattle. 



2 Gr. solitary, (Monot. Hyp.) and tropo, to turn. 



3 i. e. Gr. Under the fir. 



