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Limnocuaris Humpoupirir. HumBoupt’s 
LIMNOCHARIS. 
Class and Order. 
PotyanpriA Potyeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Burtomes. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx trifoliolatus. Cor. tripetala. Stamina numerosa; 
filamentis exterioribus sterilibus. Pistilla 6—20, arcte 
posita. Capsule interne longitudinaliter dehiscentes, uni- 
loculares, polysperme. Semina numerosa reti capsularum 
parietem intus vestienti affixa, adscendentia, ferri equini 
instar flexa, transversim scabra. Albumen nullum. Embryo 
hippocrepicus.—Herbe aquatice ; acaules aut caulescentes. 
Folia petiolata; petiolo basi vaginante. Scapi multiflori, 
floribus umbellatis, involucratis, aut pedunculi axillares uni- 
flort spatha instructi. Kunth. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Limnocuaris * Humboldtii; foliis apice rotundatis 7-nerviis, 
petiolis pedunculisque unifloris cylindricis, petalis 
calyce duplo longioribus, pistillis 6. — 
Limnocuaris Humboldtii. Rich: in Ann. du Mus. v.1. p. 
369. t. 19. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. v. 1. p. 248. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget.v. 2. p.634. __ | 
Stratiotes nympheoides. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. p. 821. 
Descr. Aquatic. Stems a foot or more long, terete, 
semipellucid, internally jointed, bearing, at intervals, a 
whorl, as it were, of petiolated, roundish-oval and some 
what 
* From aAwen, mud, and yep, grace, or ornament. Its beautiful flowers 
adorn moist muddy places. . 
VOL. Vil. H 
