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this plant, are exceedingly curious, and merit 
minute examination. The male flowers of the 
hydrocharis have nineftamens, difpofed in three 
rows. The filaments of the middle moll; row 
put out from their bafe, on the infide, a ftyle- 
like fubftance, which is placed in the centre 
of the flower. The two other rows are con- 
nected at the bottom, fo that the internal 
and external filaments adhere together. The 
anthers are yellow, nearly linear, and have 
two cavities. Linneus does not take notice 
of the nectary, but Mr. Curtis has obferved, 
in the female flower, three yellow glands 
crowning the germe, to which he gives that 
tiame. The fpathes of the flowers give the 
plant fomewhat the appearance of fe a- wrack 
(fucus). Thefe buds, from their tranfpa- 
rency, have the appearance of bubbles, and 
,are very numerous, both in the male and fe- 
male plants, and chiefly grow near the root. 
In the male there are alfo a pair of thefe 
fpathes, which grow out about the middle of 
the flower-ftalk, and look like little bladders, 
containing the tender unopened flowers, 
Mr. Curtis differs from Linneus in defcribing 
the female flowers as enclofed by a Ipathe, 
which contains only one flower, that of the 
male 
