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HYDROCHARI S M O R S U S R â NÆ. F r O G - B i T.
HYDROCHARIS Linn. Gen. Pl. D io e c ia E n n e a n d r ia .
Ma sc. Spatha 2 phylla. Cal. 3 fidus. Cor. 3 petala. Filant.
3 interiora flylifera. Fæm. Cal. 3 fidus. Cor. 3 petala. Styli 6.
Capf. 6 locularis, polyfperma, inféra.
HYDROCHARIS Linn. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 746. Spec. PI. 1465. Fl. Suède, n. 914,
HYDROCHARIS Haller Hijl. 4. 1068.
NYMPllÆA alba minima. Bauh.Pin. 193.
MORSUS RANÆ Parkinfon 1252.
MORSUS RANÆ Gerard. emac. 818.
STRATIOTES folio afari, feraine rotundo. Raii Syn. p. 290. The leafl white Water l i l y of
Frog-Bit. 7’
Hudfon FI. Angl. ed. 2. p. 436.
Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 622.
RADIX: Flagellis m longum extenfis facile multipli- | ROOT: this plant eafily multiplies itfelf by means of
catur hasc planta, nutnmentum hauriens per | runners which fhoot out to a great length
I radiculas albas, fibttllofas, in limum profunde f and is fupported by long fibrous roots which
I defeendentes. | penetrate deep into the mud.
i FOLIA fex, five otto, natantia, rotundato-reniformia, $ LEAVES fix or eight, fwimming, o f a roundifh kid-
carnofa, glabra, integerrima, fubpellucida, | ney fhape, flelhy, fmooth, perfeflly entire
vents paueis circularibus, plurimis tranfverfis 0 fomewhat tranfparent, marked with a few
notata, fubtus rubella. | circular but numerous tranfverfe lines, reddilh
. . . . . 1 underneath.
PETIOLI ipithamasi, crafli, pellucidi, lineis plurimis L E A F S T A L K S fix or (even inches long, thick, tranf-
LnArr-TT ^e?u^at’* * I , . I § i parent, having numerous crofs bars*
SPATHiE in utraquefexu plunmae, radicales, ovatae, $ SH E A TH S in both fexes numerous, next the root ovate
pellucid^, in mafeulis etiam circa medium pe- * and tranfparent; in the male plant alfo’a pair
dunculi enafeuntur binae, flofculos tenellos, % grow out about the middle of the flower ftalk
mapertos quafi in vefica continentes. <> which contain the tender unopened bloffoms
' # ^ as in a bladder,
IPEDUNCULI Iongitudine petiolorum, eretti; mafeuli $ FLOWER-STALKS the length o f the leaf flalks, up-
triflori aut quadriflori, feminei uniflori, cra f-| right; the male producing three or four flow-
Sjft. fiores. . , era, the female one only, thicker in fine.
Mas. o Male.
CALYX: P e r ian th ium triphyllum, foliolis ova- | CALYX: a PERiANTHiuMofthreeleaves, whichare
tts, concavts, flavefeenttbus, membranaceis, 4 ovate, concave, yellowilh, membranous and
patentibus, Jig. m $ fpreading, Jig. yi
[COROLLA : P e t a e a tria, alba, plana, rugofula, te- | COROLLA: three, white, HalPetals, a little crumpled,
L , , , , ° crr™ a’ bafi flava' I very tender, and yellow at bottom.
MAMINA: Fil am e n t a novem, in tres ordines d if- | STAMINA: nine F :lam en t s , difpofed in three rows
pofita, quorum intermedius ordo Ilipitem fu- $ of which each in the middlemoft puts out
bulatum e bafi interiore, ftyli ad inftar | from its bafeon the infide aftyle-likefubflance
exferit, et in centra collocat. Duo reliqui or- | which is placed in the centre of the flower,
dines bafi conneauntur, ut internum et ex- The two other rows are conneaed at bottom,
ternum cohaereat filamentum; A ntherae | fo that the internal and external filament adfublineares,
biloculares, flava:, jig. 2, 3, 4, p here together; A n t h e r s yellow, nearly li-
- 5’ 6, 7- I near, with two cavities, fig, 2, o, 4, c, Q y
[fliiTILLUM : G erminis rudimentum in centra, l PISTILLUM: the rudimentonly of a G ermen in the
fig - 8- 0 centre, Jig. 8*
Femina. J ^ Female.
CALYX: Pe r ian th iu m ut in mare, fuperum. $ CALYX: a Per tan t hi um as in the male, placed above
A f the Germen.
piq ^ L A ut in mare. $ COROLLA as in the male.
PISTILLUM: G ermen fubovatum, inferum: S t y l i | PISTILLUM: G ermen fomewhat ovate, beneath the
fex, Iongitudine calycis, patentes, comprefli, | calyx; S t y l e s fix, the length of the calyx,
bifido-canaliculati; S t ig m a t a bifida, acu-$ fpreading, flat, forked and channefd; S t ig -
* ™inata> M - 9* Ma t a forked and pointed.
WECTARIUM: Glandules tres, flavse, germen coro- | NECTARY: three yellow Glands crown the germen
nant, Jig. 10. $ jig . 10.
°ERICARPIUM: C a p su l a coriacea, fubrotunda, | SEED-VESSEL: a roundifh, leathery C a p sule with
L fexlocularis. _ ' | fix cavities.
“tMINA numerofa, minima, fubrotunda. ♦ SEEDS numerous, Very minute, and roundifh.
,Moft of the deep ditches with a muddy Bottom, having a flow current o f water, and which abound in the
Ppjty § j the Thames, have their furface covered with this plant in Autumn, at which period its blofToms
which are uncommonly delicate make their appearance. •
.The leaves and indeed the whole flru&ure and (Economy of the Frog-Bit is exceedingly curious, and defer-
Vln8 the minute attention o f the inquifitive Botanift.
i |l| particular ufes we feem at prefent unacquainted with.
Ra y mentions a variety of it with fweet, double flowers, growing in a ditch at the fide o f Audrey Caufa
ear a wooden bridge in the Ifle of Ely. ’