562 OLXVI. ALISMACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Wisneria. 
W. triandra, Micheli in A. DO. Monog. Phan. iii. 82; sepals and petals 
3 each, achenes subglobose, stigma sessile. Sagittaria trian ra, . 
Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. (1850), 144; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 249. 
he CoNCAN ; in water holes, Malwan, Stocks. . 
Leaves with the petiole 9-16 in., narrowly linear-spathulate obtuse, 2 gno: 
midrib stout penni-nervuled, lateral nerves slender submarginal. eal a linear. 
than the petiole. Flowers ternate, very shortly pedicelled, white ; sep Abee 
oblong ; petals much larger, obovate. Filaments short, anthers didymous. 
few, subglobose or obovoid, smooth. 
5. BUTOMUS, Linn. 
H vU 
À glabrous erect water plant, with a stout creeping rootstock. ps 
erect, linear, elongate, triquetrous, blade 0. Scape erect, tere -tals both 
bisexual, in simple bracteate umbels, pink. Sepals an Tous fila- 
coloured and persistent, coriaceous, erect. Stamens 9, b YpoEY hisconce. 
ments elongate-subulate; anthers linear, didymous a tar, à vent 
Carpels 6, whorled on a flat receptacle, connate below ; ie Fruit o 
elongate furrowed ; ovules many, scattered, parietal, men) ing. furrowed; 
6 coriaceous beaked many-seeded follicles. Seeds linear-oblong, 
embryo straight. 
oe , riv 
B. umbellatus, Linn.; Kunth Enum. iii. 164; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Go 
vii. t. 58; Boiss. Fl. Orient. v. 19; Wall. Cat. 7244. Europe; 
The PANJAB and KASHMIR; in marshes, &c., alt. 1-5000 ft.— DISTRIB. 
N. Asia. 
. -fid., 
Leaves 9-4 ft. by j in. broad, acuminate, base sheathing. Umbel many 
bracts 3; pedicels 2-4 in. Flowers 1 in. diam. 
6. BUTOMOPSIS, Kunth. 
. H ys 
An annual marsh herb with milky juice. Leaves elliptic, acute bat 
in solitary or superposed bracteate whorls; perianth as in nite Stamen 
petals larger than the sepals, membranous, fugacious, wil Seeds very 
8-12; anthers oblong. Follicles, 6-7, erect; membranous. 
many, minute, smooth. 
, , 249; 
B. lanceolata, Kunth Enum. iii. 165; Dalz, & Gibs. Bomb. It “g 
Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 187; Micheli in A.DC. Monog. Pham Saz 
B.? latifolia, Kunth l.c. Butomus lanceolatus, Roxb. Fl. "in Wall. 
Wall. Cat. 4999. B. latifolius, Don Prodr. 22. B. Dobia, Ham. 
l.c. Tæganocharis cordofana, Hochst. in Flora (1841), 369. i 
PLAINS OF INDIA, from Rohilkund to Assam and the Deccan.—DISTR 
of the old world. . narrow, 3-7- 
Very variable in stature and stoutness. Leaves 2-5 in., broad or t or slender 
nerved, acute obtuse or apiculate. Scape as long as the leaves, A: Flowers 
Umbels 3-20-fld.; bracts few, short, scarious; pedicels 2-8 in., e tamen 
$-1 in. diam.; sepals ovate or orbicular; petals longer, obovate. 
TT, rt 
filaments rather slender, anthers oblong. Follicles 6-7, tapering into sho 
membranous, connate below, 
p. tropics 
OrDErR CLXX. NAIADACHEJE. 
eeping: 
Aquatic or marsh herbs of various habit. Rootstock Cer Sr erect» 
Stems usually elongate (short or O in Triglochin) branched. 
