Pontederia. WHEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 123 
3. P. Plantaginea. R. 
Diffuse. Leaves narrow, cordate. Racemes pédundied. 
three-flowered, 
Plantaginis stellate folie. Pluck. t. 2215. f. 4. agrees 
much better with this, than with P. vaginalis. 
A native of marshy, or watery places“over Banga — 
It flowers during the rains. Stems annual, and very tri- 
fling, but spreading on the ground for a few inches so 
that the radical fibres issue through the sheathes of the 
leaves and strike into the earth. Leaves petioled, nar- 
row-cordate, entire, taper, obtuse-pointed, smooth ; lobes 
- semicircular; nerves about five, and faintly visible on the 
under-side only ; the largest of the leaves is about two 
inches long and one broad. Petioles from three to four in- 
ches long, round, variously curved, with an opening about 
the middle on the inside for the raceme ; from the mouth 
of the stem-clasping base, a very large tapering ligule, or 
bracte rises. Racemes peduncled, from two to four-flow- 
ered, and erect till they decay, then recurved. Flowers 
large for the size of the plant, short-pedicelled, bright, 
deep blue. Calyx the spathe of the raceme, inserted 
near its base. Corol one-petalled, to the base six-cleft ; 
divisions lanceolate, the interior three narrower. Fila- 
ments five smaller, and one large, with a hornlet as in 
P. vaginalis and hastata. Anthers on the small filaments, 
small and roundish; on the large, sagittate, oblong. Germ 
oval, three-celled, each: containing numerous ovula at- 
tached to septal receptacles. not far removed from the 
axis. Style shorter than the stamina. Capsule oblong, 
three-celled, three-valved. Seeds numerous, round. 
4. P. dilatata. Syme’s embasy to Ava. 
Leaves cordate-sagittate. Umbel peduncled, prt 
flowers numerous, long-pedicelled. 
Hind, Cacheree. pitas 2 
A Native of page &c. It flowers during the rainy 
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