OCTANDRIA. TETRAGYNIA. Myriophyllum. 511 
to the north-west; and on a mountain called the Old Man, at Coniston 
Water Head. Mr. Woodward. High-street, Westmoreland, on the edge 
of a precipice called Blea Water Crag. Mr. Gough. Near Mr. Rigge’s 
slate quarry, in Coniston. Mr. Jackson. (Rocks of Cwn Idwel, Isco- 
lion-duon, Carnarvonshire. Mr. Griffith. Abundant on the ridge of rocks, 
immediately above Llyn Fynnon Las, Carnarvonshire. Mr. Dawson Tur¬ 
ner. Maze Beck Scar, near Appleby. Rev. J. Harriman. On Ben 
Lawers, and Lomond. Mr. Winch. (On Fast Castle, and on rocks near 
Berwick. Mag. Nat. Hist. E.) P. May—July.* 
MYRIOPHYL'LUM.f B. and F. flowers frequently on the 
same plant: Cal. one leaf, four-toothed: Petals four, 
with claws, soon falling off: Styles none: Nuts two to 
four, covered with a coat. 
M. spica'tum. Spikes interrupted, leafless. 
E.Bot. 83 —FI. Dan. 681 —C.B. Pr. 73. I—Park. 1257. 7 —J.B. iii. 783. 1 
— Pet. 6. 5. 
Flowering spike rising above the water, (two to three inches long. E.) 
Whorls six or eight, the upper of barren flowers, somewhat crowded, the 
lower of fertile flowers, more distant. Petals oval, concave, purplish 
without, shedding. Summits expanding crosswise. Woodw. Stems 
simple, or branched; divided within into about sixteen hollow cells. 
Leaves winged, (finely pinnatifid, entirely under water; E.) four in a 
whorl. Leajits awl-shaped. Flowers four in a whorl; the barren upper¬ 
most, and some of them containing the rudiments of four germens. (Cal. 
acute, finely fringed. E.) 
Var. 2. Huds. Broadish entire leaves at the base of the whorls. Bobart, in 
H. Ox. 
Spiked Water-Milfoil; (the latter name obviously a corruption of the 
French, Mille-feuilles. E.) Feather Pondweed. (Welsh: Myrdd - 
ddail tywysenaidd. E.) Ditches, ponds, lakes, and still water. 
P. May—July. 
M. verticilla'tum. Flowers in leafy whorls, (all axillary. E.) 
FI Dan. 1046— E. Bot. 218— Clus. ii. 252. I—Park. 1256. 3—J. B. iii. 783. 
2— Pet. 6. 8. 
In muddy ditches, with little water, it has the following appearance. Stem 
six or eight inches high, unbranched. Leaves not more than an inch 
long; leafits one and a half or two lines long. In ponds thus: Stems 
branching, two feet and more long. Leaves under water one inch and a 
half to two inches long; leafits half an inch long, hair-like and slender. 
Spike six or seven inches high with twelve to sixteen or more whorls, 
the lower ones about half an inch distant, the upper nearer, with four or 
five winged leaves at each whorl, about half an inch, and leafits about 
one line in length. Flowers in the bosom of the leaves, similar to those 
of M. spicatum ; those of the upper whorls usually barren; the lower 
fertile; and sometimes the upper barren, the middle one perfect, and the 
lower fertile. Woodw. Flowers greenish. Anthers yellow. 
* The root, (which furnishes an astringent medicine, E.) has the fragrance of a Rose, 
particularly when dried, but cultivated in a garden, it loses much of its sweetness. Goats 
and sheep eat this plant. Cowe and swine refuse it. 
f (From yvptog, a myriad, and $uMov, a leaf; in reference to its numerous leaves. E.) 
