MONOECIA MONANDRIA. Zaimicliellia. 263 



^ commori weed. 



An. July. 



Main stem upright^ generally with side branches at the base. Ls. 



scattered. Nect. at first green, then yellow. Involucellum of 



three leaves. Plant bright green. 



The corrosive, ulcerating juice applied to remove warts, should 

 be used with caution, near the eyes. The plant gives a disagree- 

 able taste to the flesh of cattle, feeding on it. Linn. Fl. Suec. 

 * ** * Umbel of sir, or more branches. 



E. amygdaloides. JVood 8. Umbel of about six forked 

 branches ; with numerous long, axillary flower-stalks 

 beneath. Bracteas rounded, perfoliate. Leaves blunt, 

 hairy. Capsule smooth. E. B. ^5^. Tithymalus 

 characias amygdaloides. G. E. 500. 



Woods, groves, thickets. 



Per. April. 



Stems several, two feet, curved, round, downy, often red, leafy 

 above. Ls. thickset, alternate, spreading, inversely egg- 

 shaped, spear-shaped, blunt, paler beneath, downy. Fl. small, 

 yellow. Nect. crescent-shaped. The leaves almost evergi-een, 

 although of a delicate texture ; the plant is elegant in appear- 

 ance ; somewhat shrubby. 

 A var. with variegated leaves in gardens. 



ZANNICHE'LLIA.' Horned-pondweed. 



Z. palustris. Common H. Anther of four cells. Stig- 

 mas entire. E. B. 1844. 



Ponds, ditches. * Between Headington and the Wick. Sb. In 

 the stream of water that divides Cowley Marsh from Bullingdon 

 Green. Bx. 



An. Ju7ie. 



Plant with the habit of a Potamogeton, floating, rising to the sur- 

 face when in flower. Stem thread-shaped, much branched, 

 leafy. Ls. opposite, linear, narrow, acute, entire, grassy. 

 Bract, axillary, tubular, including a pair of flowers. Germ. 

 oblong, compressed, mostly toothed at the back. Stigma much 

 dilated, target-shaped. The collective capsules somewhat 

 resemble a bird's claw. 



' So named, in honour of a Venetian apothecary. 



