53^ GYNANDRIA POLYANDRIA, 



marina l; ZOSTER A pericarpiis feflilibus. Syft. nat, 605. 

 Sp. pL 1374. {Ge}\ em. 1569. /. 8. Oed, Dan. /. 

 15. cpt.) 



Grafs-Wrack. Jnglis. 



It is thrown up on the fea-coafls frequently. %* 

 VIII. 



The leaves are long, narrow, linear, and grafs-like, 

 Iheath'd with flipuU at the bafe. The flowers 

 grow on one fide of a thin flat, linear ^^i^*^, 

 imbedded in a cavity on one fide of the leaf, 

 at its bafe. The ftamina and germina grow al- 

 ternate to each other upon ihcfpadix, about ten 

 in number of each fort. 



Linnaus informs us, that the humble Inhabitants 

 of Gothland in Sweden condefcend to thatch their 

 houfes, fl:uff their beds, and manure their land 

 with this plant. 



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