OCTANDRIA MuNOGYN T A. 77 
Obf. The common number of feeds is feven, tho’ it 
varies' iometiiTies. The fi uit is a dry berry, not opening 
by. valves, as a, capfule. 
Enropcea. Chickweed^ or Winter Green with lapceolated 
entire leaves. Pound in woods. lorkJL Northum. and 
Weji, Near Binglcy in Tork/h, Hudson. Per, June, 
CLASS VIII. 
OCTANDRIA. 
fhe plants of this eldfs have eight Jiamina^ and from one to 
four piftils^ it is therefore divided into MOJPOGTNIA 
DIGlNIAGfc, 
MONO G TNI A comprehends fiich as have only one ft amen,., 
EPI,LOBIU M, WiLLOWHERB, 
HE cup hath four oblong, acuminated, coloured. 
deciduous leaves, and. the iiower hath four round- 
ifli petals fomewhat emarginated. The eight filaments 
are fubulated, and alternately fhorter, with oval, com- 
prelled, obtufe anthers, 'fhe germen is cylindrical, 
very long and beneath the flower; the ftyle is thread- 
like, the ftigma is quadrifid, thick, obtufe and turned 
back. The fruit is a very long, cylindrical, ftriated, 
quadrilocular capfule, wiih four valves containing many 
oblong feeds, crowned with down. The receptacle is 
very long, tetragonal, free, flexile, coloured. 
Obf. In fome the llamina and piftils are eredl, in o- 
thers declined to the lower fide. 
Anguftifolimn, Rofebay Willow-herb with lineari-lan- 
ceolated leaves, thin fet on the branches. In woods and 
hedges. On Maize-hill beyond Greenwich, In many 
places in the North. Per, July-, Aug, 
Hirfutum 
