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ovate leaves, and bluntly triangular capsules ; common 
on the banks of lakes and rivers. 
Al. Ranunculoides, Small Water Plantain ; with li- 
near lanceolate leaves, and incurvated five-angled cap- 
sules. In similar places with the preceding, but less 
common. 
CLASS VII. 
HEPTANDRIA. 
The plants of this class have seven stamens, and 
they are divided into four orders. 
Order. I. Monogynia. 
Trientalis Europcea, Chickweed Wintergreen. — - 
Cal. seven-leaved ; cor. seven cleft, equal, plain ; a dry 
berry. Common in woods on the sides of mountains 
in the north of England and in Scotland. 
Disandra Prostrata , Trailing Disandra. Cal. five 
or seven parted ; cor. wheel-shaped, five or seven part- 
ed ; caps, two celled, many seeded. Native of Madei- 
ra, but not uncommon in the green-house and parlour, 
where its trailing stems, peltate leaves, and yellow 
flowers, render it an agreeable object. It is sometimes 
called by mistake a geranium. 
-ZEsculus Hippocastanum, Horse-Chesnut. Cal. five- 
toothed ; cor. five petaled, unequal ; caps, three celled. 
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