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PONTEDERIA AZUREA. LARGE-FLOWERED 
PoNTEDERIA. 
DR a ee 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Ponreperes. Rich. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cor. 6-fida, ringens. Stam. tria longiora ori, tria basi 
corolle inserta. Stylus declinatus. Caps. carnosa, trilocu- 
Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Ponreperra* azurea ; foliis rhombeis cordatisque, petiolis 
incrassatis intus cellulosis. 
Ponreperra azurea. Swartz Fl. Ind. Occ. v. 1. p. 609. 
Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. 1. p. 212. (ed. in 
fol.) Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 22. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 
v.2.p.42. Relig. Hank. fasc. IL p. 116. 
Powreperia crassipes. Mart. in Nov. Gen. et Sp. Bras. v. 
tap. 0: 7° 
eee 
Descr. Whole plant, as cultivated in the aquarium of 
the stove, floating upon the surface of the water ; the roots 
hot descending to the bottom ; and these are exceedingly 
humerous, many of them thick and fleshy, and sent out 
horizontally, apparently for the ——_ of producing new 
Plants, whilst others are more slender, exceedingly long, 
and clothed with numerous long, horizontal fibres. ~~ 
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* In honor of Junius Ponrepera, a Professor of Botany at Padua, during 
the beginning of the last century. 
