10 j 
X Males. V Females. Dec. Pen. 
Leaves in whorls, 5 males in the flower. ~ 
Ray’s Synopsis. 351. 
Sandy Fields, August, A. Rare. 
AmpthilL 
346. Knotted Spurrey. — S. nodosa. 
Leaves opposite, awl-shaped, smooth, stem 
simple. - Flora Danica. 96. Curtis. IV. 34. 
Bogs, July, P. Rare. 
Ampthill^ — Stevington. 
Ohs : 
This plant somztimes lies trailing, and takes up more ground, 
more often it is simple and erect. Bearing a white fiower, large 
out of proportion. The parts of fructif cation highly embellish 
this small but elegant plant, 
C L A S S. XI. 
XII. Males. I Female. DodeCi Mo. 
Grasspoly. Lythrum. Gen. Pi. 825. 
Cup with 12 segments. Petals 6, inserted in 
the cup. Capsules with 2-cells and many 
seeds. 
347. Purple-spiked Grasspoly. — ■ L. Salicaria. 
Leaves opposite, heart-spear-shaped, flowers 
in spikes, with 12 males in each. — Curtis. 
III. 28. 
Banks of Rivers, July, P. Common. 
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