276 PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Hottonia. 



100. HOTTONIA. Featherfoil, or Water- 

 violet. 



Lmi, Gen. 82. Juss,9o. FL Br. 226. Lam. t. 100. 



Nat. Ord. Prccice. Linn. 21. Lijsimachia^. Juss. 34. Primu- 

 lacece, Br. Pr. 427. Two following genera the same. 



Cal. inferior, of 1 leaf, in 5 deep, linear, ratlier spreading 

 segments. Cor, of 1 petal, salver-shaped ; tube cylindri- 

 cal, open, about as long as the calyx; limb flat, in 5 deep, 

 ovate-oblong, notched, equal segments. Filam. awl- 

 shaped, short, from the margin of the tube, each opposite 

 to a segment of the limb. Anth. incumbent, oblong. 

 Germeii globular, pointed. Style short, cylindrical. Stigma 

 globose, undivided. Caps, globose, pointed, of 1 cell, with 

 5 valves, subtended by the permanent calyx. Seeds nu- 

 merous, roundish, covering the large, globular, central, 

 unconnected receptacle. 



Herbaceous, aquatic. Leaves many-cleft, immersed, smooth. 

 Fl. elegant, numerous, in whorled clusters, raised above 

 the water. The stamens, as well as segments of xhejlowei^ 

 are occasionally 6, 7, or 8. 



I. H.pahistris. Water Featherfoil. Common Water- 

 violet. 

 Stalks solitary, many-flowered; partial stalks whorled. 



H.palustris. Linn. Sp. P1.20S. mild. v. ].S\2. Fl. Br. 226. Engl. 



Bot. V. 6. t. 364. Curt. Lond. fasc. \. t. W. Fl. Dan. t. 487. 



Ehrh. Herb. 83. 

 H. n. 632. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 279. 

 Hottonia. Boerh. Ind. Alt. v. 1 . 206. Raii Syn, 285. Ponted. An- 



thol. 272. 

 Myriophyllum alterum. Matth. Valgr. v.2.b\\.f. Camer. Epit. 



897./. 

 Viola palustris. Ger. Em. 826. 



In clear ditches and ponds^ on a gravelly soil. 



Perennial. June. 



Herbage smooth, entirely under water. Root creeping. Stems 

 trailing, round, leafy. Leaves crowded, 3 or 4 inches long, 

 bright green, deeply pinnatifid, with linear segments. Stalks 

 central, solitary, naked below, rising high above the water, with 

 numerous whorls of elegant pink, or deep rose-coloured,^oe^;er5, 

 of the shape, and nearly the size, of a Priinrose, making a very 

 handsome appearance. 



