C ™93 ] 

 Aponogeton distachyon. Forked* 



FLOWERED APONOGETON. 



Cta/s, Order, and Generic Characler.—Vid. No. 1268. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



APONOGETON diftachyon - fpica bifida, foliis lineari- 

 oblongis, natantibus, bra&eis integris, 

 floribus polyandris. Linn. Suppl. 215. 

 Tbunh. Dijf. Nov. PL Gen. 4. 74. cum Icone. 

 Syji. Veg. Murr. 353. Hort. Kew. 1. 495. 

 Ic. PL CapenJ. Cod. Bank/, mild. Sp. PL 

 2. 923. 



Root tuberous (G.), eatable when roafted ; leaves radical, 

 with long petioles, Blade lanceolate-ovate, quite entire, fmooth, 

 floating, like that of Potamogeton natans ;. /pike bipartite, 

 loibrfcate inwards ; flowers exceedingly fragrant, white, al- 

 ternate, upright, placed within an ovate bracle ; ftamens 6* — 12 ; 

 piflils 2—5. -\ water-plant. Native of the Cape of Good 

 tt°pe. Introduced into Kew Gardens, by Mr. Masson, in 

 ■J7&8. Blooms molt part of the year when placed in the green- 

 taule. Having had no-opportunity of examining the living plant* 

 We have fruited to the drawing and the Hortus Kewenfis for what 

 w « have faid. G. 



Note. 



No. 1129. Allium inodorum. In No. 1142. p. 2. add. 

 * e have already obferved that this was the fame with the 

 fr*gratu of Ventenat and Redoute; we now find it to be 

 "kewife the gracile of Hortus Kewenfis ; an unlooked for dif- 

 £ overy, gracile having been univerfally deemed a ftove plant, 



and 



