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CLASS XIX— MONOECIA. 
ORDER I. MONANDRIA. 
344. CHARA. Sp. pi. 1397, {JTajades.) 
Calix and corolla none. Anther globose, 
sessile. Style none. Stigmas 5. Berry 
1 -celled, many-seeded. — J\Tutt. 
vulgaris. 1. C. stems and branches naked at base j branches 
terete j joints leafy; folioles oblong-subulate; 
bractes shorter than the berry. — WiUd. 
Icon. Engl. Bot. 336. 
Feather Beds. 
Whole plant encrusted, and exceedingly disagreeable in 
smell. In old ponds and sometimes in ditches along the course 
of the Delaware, Jersey side ; rare. I have found it but once 
this side of the Delaware, viz. in a ditch near Gloucester point. 
The plant dries white or whitish-green, and is with difficulty 
preserved for the herbarium, being friable. Annual. August, 
September. 
ORDER III. TRIANDRIA. 
345. TYPHA. Gen. pi. 1401. {Typhce.) 
AIasc. Ament cylindric. Calix obsolete, 3- 
leaved. Corolla none. Fem. flowers be- 
low the masculine. Calix and corolla none. 
Seed 1, pedicellate, furnished with a pap- 
pus at the base. — ATutt. 
latifoiia. 1. T. leaves linear, flat ; masculine and feminine 
spikes near each other, each cylindrical. — • 
Wind. 
Icon. Bot. Mag. 1455. FI. Dan. 645. 
