Vallisneria. dioecia diandria. 751 



pletely reflexed. Filaments two, clubbed. Female. Flow- 

 ers axillary, sessile, paired. Spathe as in the genus. Pe- 

 rianth (ov corol) three-leaved, spreading-, orbicular, con- 

 cave and elevated on a most slender pedicel. Corol no other 

 than the last mentioned. Germ oblong, tapering in the above 

 mentioned slender pedicel or style ; stigma six-leaved ; leaflets 

 revolute, appearing like the corol sitting close to the calyx. 

 Capsule as in the genus. 



Note. The small corollets when separated from thespadix, 

 swim upon the tips of the reflected petals, over the surface of 

 the water, till entangled by the large coroMike stigmas of the 

 female flowers, 



3. V. verticillaia. R, 



Ramous. Leaves verticelled. JIale spathe one-flowered. 



Hottonia serrata. Willd. i. 329. 



Serpicula verticillaia. Siippl. p. 416. R, Corom.pl, ii. 

 No. 164. 



Teling. Poo natsoo. 



Grows in clear, standing, sweet water. Flowers during 

 the cold season, and consists of simple, filiform roots, and a 

 number of fine, filiform, jointed shoots, or stems; some creep- 

 ing, some floating below the surface of the water, branches 

 solitary, axillary. 



Leaves sessile, verticelled, three to six-fold, oblong.lanceo- 

 late, from one eighth to half an inch long. Male flowers 

 axillary, sessile, from one to four in the verticel, much small, 

 er than the female. Calyx, spathe one-flowered, sub-globu- 

 lar, murexed, bursting irregularly. Perianth three-leaved ; 

 leaflets obovate, reflexed. Corol three-petalied ; petals 

 wedge-formed, reflexed. Filaments three, short, ascending. 

 Anthers very large, two-lobed, opening with an elastic jerk, 

 pollen white, very large grained. Female flowers on dis- 

 tinct plants, axillary, generally solitary, though sometimes 

 there are two from the same verticel. Spathe, perianth, and 

 corol, as in the genus; no nectary. Germ sessile, subulate, 



