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404 Mr. Cutler' s Account of indigenous Vegetables.

Stile cylindrical; erect; of the length of the Stamina. Stigmaconcave ; circular ; bent downward. Capsule ovate ; two cells ;two valves. Seeds numerous ; very small.

The stem round ; erecjt. Leaves strap-shaped ; opposite ;entire. Blossoms single ; on flower-stalks rising from the ax-illce of the leaves; yellow. Around the shore of Wenhampond. August.

JBASTARD-PEPPERGRASS. The calix consists of a perian-thium of four erect, concave leaves ; the margin coloured ; twoof them larger, which stand opposite. Deciduous. Corollanone. Stamina two subulated filaments with antherae ; standopposite ; of the length of the calix. Anthercs simple. Thereare four other shorter filaments without antherse ; one on eachof the sides of the fertile filaments. Germen circular ; com-pressed; emarginated. Stile very short. Stigma blunt andjagged. Capsule circular; compressed; emarginated; twocells ; four valves. Two flat seeds; the edges tumid.

Sterns round ; branched. Radical leaves deeply indented ;stem leaves lanceolate and slightly serrated. Blossoms very small;on fruit-stalks forming a long open spike at the extremities ofthe branches. Borders of fields. July—Sept.

UTRICULARIA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 29.Utricularia nectario conico. Syst. Nat. Lentibularia. Ray.Syn. Millefolium aquaticum flore luteo galericulato. Park.

BLADDER WOR T. Common hooded Milfoil. The roots are verysmall, swimming in the water, and seem scarcely to touch theground. They send off numerous branched fibers, beset withsmall membranaceous bladders, appearing like black seeds.Blossoms yellow. Ponds with a muddy bottom. August.

Utricularia