NAIADES 167 



a very fragile plant ; stagnant water ; Switzerland, Pyre- 

 nees, rare. 



Order XCIV.— JUNCAGINE.E. 



Resembling Naiadeae ; but leaves erect, rush-like. 

 Marsh plants. 



I. Triglochin, L. 



Flowers in racemes, small, green, without bracts, on 

 leafless scapes ; leaves very narrow ; fruit composed of 

 3-6 3-pointed carpels. 



T, palustre^ L. ; carpels 3, leaves filiform ; marshes ; 

 Switzerland, Jura, frequent. 



2. SCHEUCHZERIA, L. 



Flowers in racemes, small, green, bracteate, on leafy 

 scapes; leaves slender; fruit composed of 2-3 inflated 

 follicles. 



5. palustrisy L. ; scape curved, leaves with dilated 

 brown sheaths and a pore at the tip ; sub-alpine marshes, 

 frequent. 



Order XCV.— SMILACEiE. 



Flowers unisexual or bisexual, regular; sepals, petals, 

 and stamens 8-10; sepals green or coloured; ovary 

 superior; leaves net-veined. A tropical order, with very 

 few European representatives ; not alpine. 



I. Paris, L. 



Flower soHtary ; sepals green ; stem simple ; leaves in 

 whorls, net-veined; stamens 8-12 ; fruit a berry. 



