( 1792 ) 



Sagittaria lancifolia. Lance-leaved 

 Arrow-head. 



C7«ss *md Order. 



MoNOECIA POLYANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Masc. Cal. 3-phyllus. Cor. 3-petala. Filam. fere 24. 



Fem. CaZ. 3-phyIlus. Cor. 3-petala. Pistilla multa. 

 &7?i. multa nuda. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Sagittaria lancifolia ; foliis ovatis utrinque attenuatis, scapo 

 inferne ramoso. Willd. Sp. PL 4. p. 410. excluso forsan 

 synonymo Michauxii. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 283. 



Sagittaria lancifolia. Jmoen.Acad. 5. p. 409. %tf. Vegetal, 

 ed. 14. p. 856. Bot. Repos. 333. Mart. Mi7/. Diet. n. 3. 



Sagittaria foliis lanceolato-ovatis Jacq. Amer. 248.— pict. 

 121. 



Sagittaria foliis maximis simplicibus oblongis utrinque pro- 

 duces, ramulis verticillatis, caule glabro. Brown Jam. 

 p. 345. 



Ranunculus aquaticus plantaginis folio, flore albo, calyce 

 purpureo. Plum. Cat. pi. amer. p. 7. — ic. 116. / 1. 



Sagittaria lancifolia is a native of Jamaica and Cuba, and 

 perhaps of the continent of South-America ; but probably 

 not of Carolina, as the plant inserted under the above name 

 by Michaux, in his Flora of North-America, is, according to 

 PyasH, a distinct species, distinguished by its beaked, sickle- 

 shaped seeds, and named by him falcata. In Donn's Cata- 

 logue 



