Fig. 27: Sparganiiim eurycarpum: a and b, 1 -seeded and 2-seeded fruits (cross 

 sections), X \Vi\ c, mature fruit, X lil>; d, paired staminate flowers, usually with I 

 broad perianth scale and several long-clawed scales expanding into a spatulate apex, 

 the anthers elliptic-clavate, X 6; e, staminate inflorescence showing globose heads, 

 X %; f, young sessile pistillate flowers, showing the perianth scales with spatulate 

 apex, the scales broader than those of the staminate flowers, X 4; g, young fruiting 

 bur, showing (he long 2-lobed style branches, X %; h, habit of plant, X !«; i, mature 

 fruiting head, the styles broken ofl", X %. (From Mason, Fig. 10). 



