622 DIOECIA ENNEANDRIA. 



The annual root, branched ftalk, luccalent habit, 



fmooih leaves, and time of flowering, will rea- 



V •'--■•' dily diftinguifh this from the preceding. To 



' ' which may be added, that the furrows of the 



' ' germen in this have none of thofc barren filaments 



:-;,.,,. which are found in the foregoing, 



' ' Teurnefort informs us that tkt trench make afyrup 



"' ■ of the juice of this plant, two ounces of which 



is given for a purge-, and that they ufe it in 



clytters and peffaries, mixing one quantity of 



honey to one and a half of the juice. In England 



■■-"'' it is out of ufe. 



; - ' HYDROCHARIS. Gcn.plwiG. 



MAS. Spatha 2-phylla. Cal ^-fidus. Cor. 3-petala> 



Filamcnta 3 interiora ftyllfera. 

 F£M, Cal. 3-fidus. Cor. 3-petala. Slyli 6, Cap.^. 

 ■ '■' ' 6-locularis, polyfpcrma, infera. 



Morfus. HYDROCHARIS. Sp. pi 1466. {Go: cm. 818. 

 rane.i, fet. herb. t. 71./: 2.) ';.;( ::v: , ..-v-v, 



Frog-bit. Jnglis. - •'■'■"!•• 

 " . . In ditches and flow-flowing waters, but rare. Sib- 

 bald. We found not this ourfeives, ^. VII. 



The leaves float upon the water, and are kidney- 



,. fliaped, or nearly orbicular, with an indenture 



. at the infertion of the footftalk •, they are not 



much larger than a ihilling, and are of a tough 



coriaceous lubftance. The male flowers anfe 



commonly three from each spatha, fupported on 



long 



