C 1631 ] 



Sagittaria sinensis. Chinese 

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MONCECIA POLYANDRIA. 



Generic CharacJer. — Vide N m - 1632. 



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Specific Character and Synonym. 



SAGITTARIA fmenfis ; foliis trifidis tripartitifve : lobis fub- 

 sequalibus nervofis, fcapo ramofo polygono, flore mafculo 

 terminali. 



SAGITTARIA fagittifolia. Lour. Cochin, p. 570. 



We had the honour to receive fpecimens of this plant from 

 the Right Honourable the Countess of Essex, in October 

 laft, from her Ladyfhip's aquarium in Caftiiobury-Park. 



It is a native of China and Cochinchina ; and, upon con- 

 futing Loureiro, we find an exact defcription of it, under 

 the name of Sagittari a fagittifolia of Linnaeus, which he 

 fuppofed it to be, but from which it differs very materially. 

 The leaves are very large, ftrongly nerved, three-lobed, fub- 

 fagittate : lobes nearly equal, patent, the middle one fomewhat 

 broadeft and mod obtufe ; the/cape is longer than the petioles, 

 branched, fluted or many-angled : flowers in whorls of three 

 together, on fhort pedicles: male flower at the extremity of the 

 fpikes. 



In the Species Plantarum, there is a Sagittaria trifolia 

 from China, for which a figure in Petiver's Gazophylacium 

 is quoted ; but that figure is fo unlike to our plant, that we 

 cannot fuppofe them to be the fame, although we have been 

 informed that in this the lobes of the leaves are fometimes 

 divided quite to the footftalk, in which cafe they would become 

 ternate. 



