404 Mr. Cutler's Account of indigenous Vegetables. 



Stile cylindrical ; erect ; of the length of the Stamina. Stigma 

 concave ; circular ; bent downward. Capsule ovate ; two cells ; 

 two valves. Seeds numerous ; very small. 



The stem round ; erect. Leaves strap-shaped ; opposite ; 

 entire. Blossoms single ; on flower-stalks rising from the ax- 

 illce of the leaves ; yellow. Around the shore of Wenham 

 pond. August. 



BASTARD-PEPPERGRASS. The calix consists of a perian- 

 thium of four erect, concave leaves ; the margin coloured ; two 

 of them larger, which stand opposite. Deciduous. Corolla 

 none. Stamina two subulated filaments with antherse ; stand 

 opposite ; of the length of the calix. Antherce simple. There 

 are four other shorter filaments without antherse ; one on each 

 of the sides of the fertile filaments. Germen circular ; com- 

 pressed ; emarginated. Stile very short. Stigma blunt and 

 jagged. Capsule circular ; compressed ; emarginated ; two 

 cells ; four valves. Two flat seeds ; the edges tumid. 



Stems round ; branched. Radical leaves deeply indented ; 

 stem leaves lanceolate and slightly serrated. Blossoms very small ; 

 on fruit-stalks forming a long open spike at the extremities of 

 the branches. Borders of fields. July — Sept. 



UTRICULARIA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 29. 

 Utricularia nectario conico. Syst. Nat. Lentibularia. Ray. 

 Syn. Millefolium aquaticum flore luteo galericulato . Park. 



BLADDER WOR T. Common hooded Milfoil. The roots are very 

 small, swimming in the water, and seem scarcely to touch the 

 ground. They send off" numerous branched fibers, beset with 

 small membranaceous bladders, appearing like black seeds. 

 Blossoms yellow. Ponds with a muddy bottom. August. 



Utricularia 



