MONOECIA DIANDRIA. 



DIANDRIC. 



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LEMNA. Gen. pL 103?. 



MASC. Cnl. monophylliis. Cor. nulla. 



FEM. CaJ. inonophyllus. Cor. nulla. iVj/. i. 

 Caps, unilocularis. 

 trifulca I. LEMNA foliis pctiolatis lanceolatis. Sp. pL 1376. 

 (Ger. em. 830, /. 2, Michel, gen. t. 11, /. 5, 

 Roes hiji. Polyp, i. yi-, fronlifpiciali ad itmim.) 



Ivy-leav'd Duck's-Mear. Anglis. 



In clear ftagnant waters, as in Didijlon-Loch. Dr. 

 Varfons. 1;. VI. 



The ftalk is dichotomous, filiforme, antl divari- 

 cated, having a lanceolate leaf at the angle of 

 the branches, but proliferous ones, terminating 

 the branches : i, e. fimilar leaves growino- out of 

 their fides at right angles : where thefe three 

 leaves are conjoin'd there Ilioots out a pendent 

 radicle, with a conical papilla at its bafe. 



?;;/;?<??-. 3. LEMNA foliis feflllibus utrinque planiufculis, 

 radicibus folitariis. Sp. pi. 1376. {Ger. em 820. 

 RaiiSynops. iig. t. 4,/ i. Michel, gen. t. 11, f. 

 2, Blcch^el. /, 3S0. Roes. bijl. Polyp, i. 72 ^ 74* 

 /. 12.; 

 The lead Duck's Meat. An^Us. 

 - In ftagnant Waters common. G. VH. 



It produces its flowers in the Dog-days, which, to- 

 gether with the feeds, afford a nourifhtnent to 

 that wonderful animalcule called the Hydra Pc- 



^ypH^. 



