58o MONOECIA POLYANDRIA. 



The Ltirvir^ or caterpillars of many fpecies of 

 butttrfiics, feed on ihe green plant, and flieep 

 and oxen will readily eat the dry'd. 



POLYANDRIA. Slamina ultra 7. 



CERATOPHYLLUM. Gen.pl 1065. 

 MASC. Cat. multipartitus. Cor. o. Stam: 16-20. 

 FEM. Cal. multipartitus. Cor. o. Fiji, i. SlyLo. 

 Sem. I, nudum. 



doner jum i CERATOPHYLLUM foliis dichotomo-bigemis, 

 truclibus trilpinofis. Sp.pl. 1409. {Vaill. a^. gaL 

 i-]icf.p. 21. /. 2. /. I. Loes. Prujf. 6-j. t. 12. 

 bene.) 



Horned Pond weed. Anglis. 



It grows under the water, in flow ftreams and 

 ditches. %. VII. 



The flalk is round, fmooth, long, and greatly 

 branched : the leaves grow verticillate, about 

 eight in a whirl : they are fetaceous, femibifid, 

 fliff", and ferraied with a few fpines : at the ex- 

 tremities of the branches the whirls are crowded 

 together in thick green clufters. The male and 

 female flowers grow leilile in the al^e of the 

 leaves. 



MYRIOPHYLLUM. Gen. pi. 1066- 



MASC. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. o. Siam. o. 



FEM. 



