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The aowers »row in fm;ll tufts at the extremi- 
ties of the br^nche-, and they are fmail and 
white. 
The feed-vcffcls are roundifn and Batted, and 
the feeds are brown. 
It is common in the Greek iBands, and flowers 
there all the year round. We have it in gardens, 
where it alfo continues flowering many n onths. 
C. Bauhine calls it Thlafpi nion'.amm [emptrvi- 
rens. Others, thlajpi Crtlkum per.nne flore albo. 
Some, Shrub thlafpi. 
g. Buckler Thlafpi. 
Thlafpi capfiilis didymis. 
The root is long, flender, and furninied with 
a few fibres. . 
The firft leaves lie fpread upon the ground m 
a circular tuft : they arc long, narrow, and 
deeply indented at the edges, and are of a pale 
greeli. 
The (talk rifes in the midfl; of thefe ; and is 
round, firm, upright, and of a whitiih colour, a 
foot high, and divided into branches toward the 
top. 
The leaves on this are few and fmall : they are 
of the fame pale green with thofe from the root, 
and are lightly ferrated at the edges, and iharp- 
pointed : they have no footrtalks. 
The flowers (land at the tops of the brancheff 
in little clufl:ers : they are fmall, and of a pale 
yellow. 
The fced-veflels are very beautiful : they arc 
thin and rounded, and they divide in an elegant 
manner ; two ftand together, with the ftyle be- 
tween them. 
It is frequent in Germany, and fome other 
parts of Europe, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it "Thlafpi bifmtatum afferum 
hicracifolium majus. Others, thlafpi ciypeatum. 
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l-rH'-' flower is compofed of four petals placed crofs-ways : they are of an mverted oval figure, and 
very fmall The cup is formed of four fmall leaves, which ftand wide, and are oval and hol- 
■ow The 'fc-d vefltl is fmall, and of an inverted oval figure, very little compreflfed, and divided 
Into' two parts'hy a membrane which goes crofs-ways : the feeds are very fmall and round. 
Linnsjus places this among the utradymmia filiculofa ; the flower having four longer and two 
ftorter threads, and the feed-vefl-el being a regular filieule. 
It is a new diicovered genus, and has never had any Engliflr name. All the known fpecies of it 
arc natives of Britain. 
I. Soft-leaved Subularia. 
Subularia foliis UvUus. 
The root is a tuft of very flender and confl. 
derably long fibres. 
The leaves are numerous, flender, and long : 
they refemble rufties ; but they are fmall: about 
two inches in length, often not half fo much, and 
of a pale green : th«y are rounded on the under 
part, flat on the upper, and fliarp pomted. 
The fl;alks rife among thefe ; and are naked, 
very (lender, jointed, and crooked, and about 
four inches high : at every knee or joint there 
ftands a Angle flower ; this is fmall and white. 
The feed-veflil is alfo fmall, and the feeds are 
numerous and ycllowilb. 
It is found at the bottoms of deep ponds in the 
northern counties, and flowers under water in 
June and July. 
Ray calls it Subularia creBa junci foliis mollibus 
acutis. 
1. Subularia with long, brittle leaves. 
Subularia foliis longioribus fragilibus. 
The root is compofed of numerous, long, and 
fmall fibres. 
The leaves arc very flender, and fix or eight 
inches long : they rife in a coi:fiderable tuft ; and 
they are round at the back, flat in the upper fur- 
face, and of a pale green ; they are tranfparent, 
and appear pierced full of little holes ; and they are 
very brittle. 
The ftalk is flender and round, and the flowers 
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are placed at diftacces from the bottom to the 
top of it : they are fmall and whitifll. 
It is found in the bottoms of deep Handing 
waters in Yorkfliire, and flowers in June, 
Ray calls it Subularia fragilis folio Ungiors et te- 
mdore, 
3. Firm-leaved Subularia. 
Subularia foliis rigidis. 
The root is compofed of many long and thick 
fibres. 
The leaves are dblong, flender, and Iharp- 
pointed ; they ftand upright; and are of a deep 
green, and are very rough and harlh to the touch : 
they are rounded on the back, and flat on the up- 
per fide ; and are biggeft at the bottom, and 
fmalleft at the extremity. 
The ftalk is upright, flender, and green ; there 
are no leaves on it, but at diftances Angle flowers ; 
thefe are greenifh, and feldom quite open. 
The fced-vcflel is fmall, and the feeds are nu- 
merous and brown. 
It is found in Yorklhire, and other parts of the 
north of England, at the bottoms of filh-ponds, 
and flowers in Auguft. 
Ray calls it Subularia vulgaris ereSa folia fi£i- 
dijfttm. 
4. Creeping foft-leaved Subularia. 
Subularia repens foliis mollioribus. 
The root is compofed of numerous fibres.' 
The firft leaves rife like a tuft of Ihort grafsj 
4 A ftanding 
