ZANNICHELLIACEAE. 



VOL. I. 



8. Potamogeton Faxoni Morong. Faxon's 

 Pondweed. Fig. 181. 



Potamogeton Fa.roni Morong, Mem. Torr. Club, 3: 

 Part 2, 22. 1893. 



Floating leaves numerous, mostly obovate or 

 oblanceolate, blunt-pointed or obtuse at the apex, 

 narrowed at the base, often strikingly like those 

 of P. varians, 2'-^' long, 8"-i2" wide, 13-17- 

 nerved, on petioles 2'-6' long ; submerged leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute or sometimes obtuse, 

 3 '-5' long, 6"-i2" wide, 5-i3-nerved, often with 

 an irregular areolatiou on each side of the midrib, 

 borne on petioles \'-2 r in length; peduncles 

 slightly thicker than the stem, 2 '-5' long; spikes 

 dense, i'-2' long; fruit not collected. 



Little Otter Creek and Lake Champlain, Ferris- 

 burg, Vermont. 



9. Potamogeton heterophyllus Schreb. Various-leaved Pondweed. Fig. 182. 



Potamogeton heterophyllus Schreb. Spicil. Fl. 



Lips. 21. 1771. 



Potamogeton heterophyllus var. ma.vimus Mo- 

 rong, Mem. Torr. Club, 3: Part 2, 25. 1893. 

 Potamogeton heterophyllus var. longipenduncu- 



latus Morong, Mem. Torr. Club, 3 : Part 2, 24. 



1893. 

 Potamogeton heterophyllus graminifolnis Morong. 



Mem. Torr. Club, 3: Part 2, 24. 1893. 

 Potamogeton heterophyllus myriophyllus Morong, 



Mem. Torr. Club, 3: Part 2, 24. 1893. 

 Potamogeton heterophyllus minimus Morong, 



Mem. Torr. Club, 3: Part 2, 25. 1893. 



Stems slender, compressed, much branched, 

 sometimes 12 long. Floating leaves pointed 

 at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, 

 8"-4' long, 4"- 1 4" wide, lo-iS-nerved, on pe- 

 tioles i '-4' long; submerged leaves pellucid, 

 sessile, linear or linear-lanceolate, acuminate 

 or cuspidate, rather stiff or flaccid, i'-6i' long, 

 i"-8" wide, 3-7-nerved, the uppermost often 

 petioled ; peduncles often thickened upward, 

 I '-7' long, sometimes clustered ; stTpules spread- 

 ing, obtuse, 8"-i2" long; spikes 9"-ii' long; 

 fruit roundish or obliquely obovoid, i"-ii" 

 long, \"-\" thick, indistinctly 3-keeled ; style short, obtuse, apical; apex of the embryo 

 nearly touching the base, pointing slightly inside of it. 



A very variable species, occurring in different forms throughout almost all North America ex- 

 cept the ^extreme north. Also in Europe. July-Sept. 



10. Potamogeton varians Morong. Spat- 

 nlate-leaved Pondweed. Fig. 183. 



Potamogeton gramincus var. ( ?) spathulaeformis 

 Robbins in A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 487. 1867. 



Potamogeton varians Morong; Fryer, Tour. Bot. 27: 

 33- 1889. 



Potamogeton spalhulacformis Morong, Mem. Torr. 

 Club, 3: Part 2, 26. 1893. 



Stems many, branched, 2-3 long. Floating 

 leaves obovate or elliptic, abruptly acute at the 

 apex, rather thin, 13-23-nerved, i'-2*' long, 6"-i3" 

 wide, borne on slender petioles ; submerged leaves 

 pellucid, spatulate-oblong or linear-lanceolate, 2 '-4' 

 long, 3 "-9" wide, 5-13-nerved, cuspidate or spines- 

 cent, sessile or subsessile, often reduced to phyl- 

 lodes with a very narrow blade and a long acumi- 

 nation at the base and apex ; peduncles often 

 thickening upward, i'-2 r long; stipules obtuse, 

 faintly keeled, the apex slightly hooded; spikes 

 large; fruit about i" long, roundish or obliquely 

 ovoid, obscurely 3-keeled, with a curved or slightly 



