The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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E N U S 
L I M N 0 P EV C E. 
II. 
THE flowers are of two kinds, male and female, on the fame plant. The male flower connfts of 
a euD divided into feveral minute pointed fegments, and a great number of buttons, fupported 
on very flior't filaments. The female flower has the fame kind of cup with the male, and m it only 4 
kinds of flowers on the lame plant. 
I. Simple-leaved Limnopeuce. 
Limnofiuce foUis fimflicibas. 
The root cdnflfts of numerous fibres. 
The firfl: flioots from it lie upon the mud, 
and fend out more fibres at their joints. 
The ftalks arc numerous, round, hollow, and 
of a faint green. 
The leaves encircle them at the joints ; and are 
numerous. Ample, narrow, and alio of a pale green. 
The flowers are numerous and greenifli : they 
iland partly at the tops of the ftalks, and partly 
in the bofoms of the leaves. 
It is common in muddy waters, flowering in 
Auguft. 
Cordus calls it Liimo fence. Others, Limiie- 
feme vuliaris. 
2. Four-horned Limnopeuce. 
Limmpeuce feliis qttadricarnisi 
The root is fibrous. 
The fl:alks are weak and flender, loaded with 
l»aves, and not very ercft. 
The leaves are placed in chillers ; and at-e nar- 
row, and armed with four horns. Their colour 
is a browniili green. 
It is frequent in brooks, and produces its in- 
confiderable flowers in July. 
Ray calls it Hyiroceratofhyllon folio affero qim- 
tuor carmitis armato. Others, Millefolium ejui- 
felifolium. 
3. Eight-homed Limnopeuce. 
Limmpeuce 0^0 cornuhs anncita. 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftalk is weak, and of a browniili green. 
The leaves are foft to the touch ; whereas thoft 
of the other are harfl], and are armed with eight 
horns. 
I'he flowers are very fmall, and greenifli. 
We have it in ponds and rivers, flowering in 
autumn. 
Ray calls it Hydrcecratofhyllum l^e oBo cor- 
nuhs armato. 
The virtues of thefe plants are altogether un- 
known. 
G E N U S III. 
PEPPER-GRASS. 
P I L U L A R I A 
THE flowers are of two kinds, male and femaje, upon the fame plants. The male flower has no 
cup or petals; but confiflrs of four long, twiflled anthcra;, fixed to one common fubftance ; and 
thefe TOW upon the leaves without footfl:alkE. The female flower confifts of a rudiment of a 
fruit ■ which is roundifli, and afterwards enlarges in fize, and when ripe is filled with numerous feeds 
in four cells. 
Linna;us places this among the cryptcgamia. 
Pepper-Grafs. 
Pihlaria •vulgaris. 
The root is fmall, fibrous, and white. 
The leaves are numerous, long, very flender, 
and of a fine green. 
The flowers arc minute and grccnifh ; and the 
feed-veflels, when ripe, are brown,. 
It is not uncommon in damp places, but is un. 
obferved from its likenefs to grafs. 
Ray calls it Graminifolia palujlris repens vaf- 
culis granorum peperis ai:nilis. Others, Gramen 
peperimm. 
GENUS IV, 
- tit;;- 
SEA-PONDWEED. 
P OTAMOG ITO N M ARlt I MU M. 
THE flowers are male and female upon the fame plant. The male flowers confifl: of finglc 
buttons, on very (hort filaments, arranged together on a pedicle, riflng from the bofom. of a 
leaf, and having no cup. The female flower has no cup. It confifts only of a rudiment of a feed, 
fupported fingly on a flender footftalk ; fevcrsl of thefe footftalks rife from one common head i ani 
tire feed, when ripened, is oblorlg. Of this genus there is but one known fpecies. 
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