560 CLXIX, ALISMACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [Alisma. 
Marshes, Ae, of the LowzR HIMALAYA, alt. 1-7000 ft., from Kashmir to Munne- 
pore and Burma.—DisTRIB. N. and S. temp. regions. . 8 14 ft. 
Rootstock fleshy, swollen. Leaves 6-8 in., erect or spreading. aape claw. 
Flowers in panicled whorls, 3 in. diam.; petals pink or rose with a ye Kashmir 
Achenes 20-30, in a single whorl; style ventral.—4A. small state found in whorl, 
alt. 7000 ft., by Clarke, resembles A. ranunculoides, but the carpels are in one , 
though irregularly disposed. 
2. A. reniforme, Don Prodr. 22; leaves orbicular-cordate r reni- 
form 13-17-nerved, fruiting sepals persistent, achenes 5-8 turgid, one oo 
thick hard, style slender persistent. Wight Ic. t. 322; Kunt Get "d 
151; Benth. Fl. Austral. 186. A. calophyllum, Wall. Cat. . 
parnassifolium, 8 majus, Micheli in DC. Monog. Phan. i. 36. «othe 
Marshes, &c., throughout the plains and low country of India, ascending 
hills to 5000 ft. (not in Ceylon).—D isTRIB. Australia. : 
Leaves Se, ei im (up to 7 in. broad), often broader than long, 4P 
rounded or emarginate, nervules very fine and close. Scape 1-3 ft. growers pals as 
3 in. diam., in very large whorled panicles; branches and pedicels long ; whorled, 
long as the petals, at first erect in fruit, at length reflexed. Achenes Micheli with 
obovoid, dorsally ribbed, ribs smooth ; style subterminal.—United by bros d large 
the European 4. parnassifolium, but differing much in the coriaceous very 
leaves and in geographical distribution. 
: 99. s 
3. A. oligococcum, F. Muell. Fragm. Phyt. Austral. i. 23 pcs 
membranous broadly ovate-cordate with acute lobes and a narro als re- 
punctate 11-17-nerved, bracts very large lanceolate, fruiting ded endo- 
flexed, achenes 2-6 whorled turgid dorsally keeled keels tubero “Austral: 
carp thick hard, style very short terminal deciduous. Benth. "m. Thw. 
vii. 185; Micheli, in DC. Monog. Phan. iii. 37. A. glandulosum, 
Enum. 332. A.apetalum, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 4996. cor 
Marshes, &., in the plains of the Pansar and BENGAL, but not common. VEU > 
Thwaites,— DisTRIB. Africa trop., Australia. . ‘ole 6-9 in. long 
Leaves 3-6 in. long by 2-3 in. broad, nervules distant. Panie 7 ers of b 
and broad; bracts herbaceous, lower 1-3 in. long, lanceolate. Fine 
Plantago. 
2. RIMNOPHYTON, Miguel. 
An erect succulent marsh plant, with the characters of Alisma, 
that the flowers are polygamous. 
. “peli. in ADE: 
L. obtusifolium, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 242; Micheli, in 4 7; 
Monogr. Phan. iii. 39, Alisma sagittifolium, Willd. Sp. "na 499. A 
Kunth. Enum, ii. 151. A. Kotschii, Hochst. in Flora, 18 d th. 
except 
OH eg 
The Deccan; from the Concan southwards, in tanks, &c. CEYLON, a 
Distris. Trop, Africa, Madagascar. 8i 
Usually very robust, but sometimes dwarf. Leares 6-12 by 4-8 m., 
reniformly 
red ; pe jole 
sigittate or triangular, with long tapering spreading lobes, many-nervt ? upper 
d : ite, 
2-3 ft. Scape 2-4 ft., stout, angled. Flowers many, 3-} in. ug ns 6, fila- 
mostly male. Sepals reflexed atter flowering, Petals obovate. turgid, epicarP 
ments of the male enlarged at the base. Achenes numerous, turbinate, 
fleshy ; style ventral, stigma capitate. 
