P I L U L A R I A .
L in. Gen. Plan. 1 1 8 3 .
P I L U L A R I A g lo b u life ra .
S p .P l.ib z z - Flo. Ang. Scot. b%2. Ray Syn. i^o. F a il. Paris.
Tab, 15 . Fig. 6 . Dill. Muß. Tab. 7 9 , Fig. i . Flo. Dan. Tab. 2 2 3 .
T A B . XL.
P E P P E R G R A S S .
T ^ H A T has been called the root in this plant, may perhaps not im-
' ’ properly be termed the firft leaf, or main ftem o f the plant. It
creeps on the furface of the ground, in various winding diredions, is o f
a browniih-green colour, having knots or joints at diftances.
A t each knot o f the creeping ftem, the roots, confifting o f three or
four ftrong white fibres, run down into the moift fand, among which it
grows ; and at the fame knots or joints, on the upper fide o f the ftem,
the fecond leaves are produced, two or three together. While young
they are coiled up in a clofe curl, like moft other o f the ferns; when full
grown they are about three inches long o f a freih green colour ; each
one
