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Vol. Ill, No. 17. Washington, D. C. Sept. 6, 1883. 



35.— MARSH AI¥D AQUATIC PJL.A1VTS OF THE \(»IMI«I it> UNITED 



STATES, JIANV OF WHICH ARE SUITABLE FOR CARP PONDS. 



By LESTER F. WARD. 



The species indicated by the heavy-faced type are strictly aquatic. 

 Those which are especially recommended by Dr. Hessel for carp ponds 

 ire Nos. 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 

 67, 81, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 



105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114. Those which occur near 

 Washington are numbers 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 23, 25, 26, 

 27, 29, 31, 32, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 51, 58, 60, 61, 63, 65, 66, 68, 69, 72, 73, 

 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 95, 96, 97, 100, 104, 105, 



106, 116, 121, 123, 125, 128, 129, 131, 133, 134, 135, 136, 138, 143, 145, 

 147, 151, 154, 155, 157, 158, 160, 161, 162, 166, 168, 171, 174, 178, 180. 



BANUNCULACE.E. 

 Crowfoot Family. 



1. Ranunculus hederaceus, L. Introduced near Hampton, Va. 



2. Ranunculus ambigens, Watson. [R. alismafolius, Geyer.] Water- 



Plantain Spearwort. Eastern Branch marsh, D. C. ; also 

 marsh near the mouth of Hunting Creek, Va. 



3. Ranunculus flammula, L. Smaller Spearwort. Shore of Lake 



Ontario and northward. 



4. Ranunculus pusillus, Poir. Small Spearwort. Potomac Flats 



above Fads' Mill, D. C. 



5. Ranunculus cymbalaria, Pursh. Seaside Crowfoot. Sandy shores 



from New Jersey northward, and along the great lakes to Illi- 

 nois and westward. 



6. Ranunculus sceleratus, L. Cursed Crowfoot. Common everywhere. 



NYMPH^ACEJE. 

 Water-Lily Family. 



7. Brasenia peltata, Pursh. Water-Shield. Carberry Meadows below 



Eads' Mill, D. C. 



8. Nelumbium luteum, Willd. Yellow Nelnmbo, or Water Chinquepin. 



Waters of the Western and Southern States; rare in the 

 Middle States; introduced into the Delaware below Philadel- 

 phia. Near Woodstown and Sussex County, New' Jersey. 

 Big Sodus Bay, Lake Ontario, and in the Connecticut near 

 Lyme. 

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