154. LEMNACEAX.—155. ALISMACER. 189 
Lemna bannatica, Waldst. et Kit. ex Schleid. in Linnea, xii. p. 392. 
Lemna orbiculata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 565. 
Lemna major, Griff. Notule, ii. p. 216. 
Kranesu: Shanghai ( Maingay, 674, ex Kurz); Leen Amcur- 
PELAGO (Wright, 325 ). Herb. Kew. 
Warm and temperate regions of the Old World, Northern 
United States to Venezuela and Cuba. 
155. ALISMACEJE. 
(By C. H. Wnzraur, A.L.S.) 
1. Alisma Plantago, Lina. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 342; Kunth, Enum. 
Pl. iii. p. 148; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. vi. t. 57; Franch. et 
Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 16; Franch. in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. 
Cherbourg, xxiv. (1884) p. 256; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 559; 
Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 477; Kurz, in Journ. 
Bot. xi. (1873) p. 193; Micheli, in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 
p. 32. 
Alisma flava et A. cordifolia, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 153, non Linn. 
Var. latifolium, Kunth, Enum. Pl. iii. p. 148; Gren. e£ Godr. 
Fl. France, ii. p. 165; Franch. Pl. David. i. p. 134. 
CHIHLI: Jehol (David, 2009, ex Franchet); SHINGKING (Koss, 
39); SuawrUNG: Chefoo (Stuhlmann! Forbes! Fauvel ex 
Franchet). | Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Var. angustifolium, Kunth, Enum. Pl. iii. p. 148. 
Hurren: Patung (A. Henry, 1852, 5117!) ; Kwanerune (Lord, 
2781); COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Loug Reach (Oldham, 1062 !). 
Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Widely distributed through the north and south temperate 
regions. 
This species is also stated by Kurz to have been collected by 
Anderson in Yunnan, but without any indication of which 
variety is intended. 
1. Lophotocarpus guyanensis, Durand Jr Schinz, Conspect. 
Fl. Afr. v. p. 487; C. H. Wright, in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr viii. 
p. 210. 
