CMi* XIII. Ordo VI.
P o L Y A N D R I A H E X A G Y N ‘ I A.
S T R A T I O T E S.
S path a diphylla, (S.J
uniflora^.. ^ ■ ■
-obtufa,
cénniyéns,
perfflcns,
Pe r ia n t h iu m
tripartitimi,
K . The Cr A ;iL Y -X .
Fig. i . 2.
Sp'atHsa diphyllous, (S.)
umflorous^r-Y;: i "
'compreflcd, - •
qhtufe,’ V
■cohñiv^nt, • _•
farinas are jagged with Ihort fpines.
The 1 e r ia n t h iu m moWOphylious, (Pig. 2. 3. K.)
ereftj- ’ ■
•deciduous £■;&'
c. ç'ô
I K g .
Pé t a l a tria,
obcordàta, (Fig. 4.)
creSlo-patentia,
calice duplo majora.
r Pi
R. O L L A. J obi
■&:2- ÿ ;:
„ B I I fT h e P e t a l s three, .
G., The COROLLA.. J obcordate, (Fig. 4.);
Fig..'2 . ’ , 1 eredt and lpreading,.,<'
I t wice the fizeof the calyx.
S T A M I N A . '
Fig. .5,
• Lente audta.
(■/. F i l a m e n t a viginti,
I ■brévia, . ■
I receptáculo inferiti¡¡ I-.
i à. A n t h r ræ fimplices,
I fagittato-lanceolato, -
t eredi*.
f f , the F i l a m e n t s twenty,
• The S T A M E N S , r ® ? “ * , . / y f -
.. I lOlertedim the receptacle.
I the Antheras fim'ple, I
I ftgittated and lanceolate^. .
leredi.
Fig. 5-
* Magnifiëdi
.r g ..G e rm en inferum.-
P I S T I L L UÍM,*. - t; S t y « / « ,
' Fig. 5. 7; 8, 9. ; . . . bipartita,
* Lente audhim. i J/aminibus longiores.
,t. S t igm a i\jim plicia . .
B B _ „ „ „ r i ’rthe'GERMEN.inferous.
. T h e P I S T I L L U M . I s. the S t .y le s fix,
Fig- 5,- 7- .8.-9T--' J bipartite,,
•Magnified. T longer ihan the liamens.
1.1. the St igm a s are fimple..
1 P. PERiCAREIUMr
‘ Fig. a
•Ba cca capfula teña,
■ovalis, , .
utrinque attenuata,
kexaedra, . ■
[ex /ocularis.
P. The
P É R I C A R P I Ú M ;'
•' Fig.
•a B e r r y covered with a capfule,
oval, ‘ ;i
both ends attenuated,
fix fides,
fexlocular.'
S. 'S E M I N A f Plurima>
Fig. 12 . ■ J »Monga,.
* Lente àudia. 1 l‘f curua> ;
• I jere alata.
3E E d 1 1 ¡ f s
■ m I ! ;nified. 1 incurveded,
Ibmewhat winged.
R, R AD I X
, 'F ig; 13 .' •• / ,
fimplex, >.
infra folia exferens.
R adícu la s plu ri mas, (r:)
filiformes,
R . The R O O T .
Fig.;*3 íf|ÍV ;
it below the leaves.
c lés many, ' (r;)/ • j
filiform, .
fimple.
P O L I A
Fig- ¡ ¡ I 1 .
'omninoradicalia,
, ;feffilia, „
■ numeróla, ,
etedla, -
demum patula.
enfiformia,
carinata,
acuminata,
glabra,
ciliato-aculeata;
.aculéis antrorlbm flexis. '
. The L E A V E S
Fig-113; ■ ■
"all radicali .
felli 1, •;
, numerous,
eredi,- • -,
allòfpreading.
enfiform, -. .
càrinated; - i'
. acuminated,
fmooth, .
•eiliatèdiwith prickles ;
.the prickles fient forwards.
. Sc a p i plures ex una eademque,radice,
; creiti,
, fol i is duplo breviores, li1
Yúñiflóri, ..
compì e'îfiy
marginibus ciliäto-aculeatis.
the Stem s many from o ff the lame root,
. eredl, •
■•.twice as Ihort as the leaves;
bearing one flower, 3».
1 fmoot li, . •
comprefled :
the margin ciliated with prickles.
Nomen trivial^ STRATIOTES ALOIDES; ,
r Habitat Europa: feptentrionalis aquofis pigris puris. Thfe common name' W A T ER ALLOE,. or Frelh Water
.Soldier.
Is a native o f the northern parts o f Europe, in flow runis'.;
ning and clear Waters. Sp: PL