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T R I G L O C H I N maritimum.
■Sea Arrow-Grafs.
IIE X A N D R IA Tr'tgynia.
Gen. Char. Cal. three-leaved. Petals 3, like the
calyx. Style none. Capfule burfting at the bale.
S pec. Char. Capfules ovate, of fix cells.
S yn. Triglochin maritimum. Linn. Sp. P I. 483.
Hudf. F I. An. 152. With. Bot. Arr. 378.
Gramen marinum fpicatum. Ran Syn. 435.
G. fpicatum alterum. Ger. em. 20.
C o M M O N In fa it marfhe s, a n d m u d d y fhores o f large
riv ers w h e re th e fa it tid e comes, as a b o u t th e T h am e s near
R o c h e fte r, &c.
T h e ro o t is ftro n g , woody an d p e ren n ia l, w ith long ftraight
fibres. L eaves ru lh y , fem icy lin d ric a l, flefhy, w ith an involute
in tra fo lia c eo u s m em b ran o u s ftip u la . S ta lk folita ry, fcarcely
lo n g e r th a n th e leaves, in c lin in g a t th e ba fe, te rm in a tin g in a
fimple denfe fpike o f n um e ro u s g re e n ilh -p u rp le flowers, on
fh o rt flower-ftalks, n o t all le a n in g one way as in th e figure in
G e ra rd e . T h e 6 antherae a re almoft feflile, a n d very large befo
re th ey b u r ft. G e rm e n w ith 6 fu rrow s , ch an g in g to a capfule
o f th e fame fhape a n d fame n um b e r o f cells, th e more
c om m o n fre fh -w a te r Triglochin h av in g b u t th re e .
T h is fpecies flowers th ro u g h o u t th e fum m e r. F rom the
obfe rva tion o f Linnaeus, th a t all domeftic c a ttle a re very fond
o f it, D r . S to k e s ju ftly re com m en d s it to th e n o tic e o f thofe
w h o poflefs fa it m arlh es.