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cup, and undivided. The ten filaments are fubulated, 
and fliorter than the corolla, having roundifh anthers. 
The germen is ovate, the five ftyies are erefto-rcRex, 
and thread-like, with thickifn iligmata. The fruit is 
an ovate, covered, unilocular caplule with five valves, 
containing many depreffo-globofe feeds. 
Obf. It is d i ft ingu idled from the former genus by 
its havins; entire leaves. 
Arvenfts. Corn Sptirry with verticillate leaves and 
flowers that have ten ftamina. An. Aug. 
pentandria. Small Spurry with verticillate leav^es and 
flowers that have five ftamina. An. July. 
Ncdofa. Knotted Spurry., or Erglifli Marjh Saxifrage^ 
w'th oppofite, fubulated, fmooth leaves and limple ftalks. 
In moift meadows. On the banks of the Thames 
Nine- Elms t and on Hampfiead Heath. Per. July., Aug. 
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DODECANDRIA. 
This clafs comprehends fuch plants as have any number of 
ftamina from twelve to nineteen both inclufive., and from 
one to five piftils. 
MONOGTNIA comprehends fuch as have one piftiL 
A S A R U M, Asarabacca, 
T he cup is monophyllous, campanulated, femitri- 
fid, coriaceous, coloured and remains till the fruit 
be ripe •, the fegments are eredt and inflex at the apex. 
There is no flower. The twelve filaments are fubulated 
and fliorter by half than the cup; the antherte are ob- 
iong> growing to the middle partition of the filaments. 
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