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Polyandria . 
char . — Nectaries bent inwards, scarcely equal to the 
petals ; stem and leaves smooth. In mountainous pas- 
tures in England ; but, with numerous varieties, culti- 
vated in gardens. 
Ordek VI. Hexagynia. 
Stratiotes Aloides, Water Aloe, or Water Sol- 
dier. Spathe two-leaved ; perianth superior ; three- 
cleft : petals three ; berry six-celled. Spec* char.—™ 
Leaves sword-shaped, triangular, prickly, serrated. In 
marshy places of Lincolnshire and Norfolk. 
Order VII. Polygynia,* 
Anemone. Gen. char.-— Cal. none ; cor. six-petal- 
ed ; seeds many. 
An. Nemorosa, Wood Anemone ; with one-flowered 
stem, furnished with a three-leaved involucrum, sup- 
ported on a foot-stalk. Very common in woods. 
An. Pidsatilla, Pasque flower ; is also a native of 
England. An . Uepatica, is well known in gardens for 
its early double flowers ; and the beautiful varieties of 
the Anemone, with double flowers, constitute some of 
the chief ornaments of the flower-garden. 
Ranunculus. Gen. char. — Cal. five-leaved, petals 
from five to eight, with a honey pore within the claws ; 
seeds naked. 
Ran. Flammula;, Lesser Spearwort ; with ovate lan- 
ceolate leaves on foot-stalks ; stems declining. Com- 
mon in marshy places. 
