404 THE ALISMA FAMILY. 



HABITATS AND LOCALITIES. 

 1. BuTOMirs — {Buiomus umhellatus.) 

 Ponds and slow streams. Unsworth, near Wliitcfield, plentiful, 

 (Mr. William Horsefield.) Ponds at Longford, on the right hand 

 side of the road. Little Hulton. (R. H.) Boothstown and Drywood, 

 Worsley, blooming so freely in 1857, that the mowers were attracted 

 by its beautiful appearance, and with their scythes cut off the flowers 

 to cany home. Fl. July, August. 



Curtis, i. 29 ; E. B. x. C51 ; Baxter, i. 34. 



One of the handsomest plants our country produces, and well known under its 

 erroneous name of " Flowering-r«s/t." It is grown in the ornamental water at 

 the Botanic Gardens. 



2. Water Arrow-leaf — [Sagittaria sagittmfdlia.) 



Slow streams and canals. In the canal at Abraham, near Leigh, 



abundant ; also in the old canal at Worsley, near Botany-Bay Wood ; 



and in the reservoir by Mr. Norbury's Factory Lodge, Atherton. (J. E.) 



Fl. July, August. 



E. B. ii. 84; Baxter, ii. 109. 



A plant of remarkable beauty, and affording the finest example in nature of the 

 arrow-headed leaf. It blooms along with the Butomus at the Botanic Gardens. 



3. Common Alisma — [Alisma Plantago.) 



Ditches and on the borders of shallow ponds, abundant everywhere. 



Fl. August. 



Curtis, ii. 319; E. B. xii. 837; Baxter, v. 337. 



Conspicuous and highly ornamental, both in its large leaves and spreading 

 panicle of flowers. Usually called by the misleading name of " \\'a.iev -plantain." 



4. Umbelled Alisma — {Alisma ranunculotdes.) 

 Ponds and very slow-moving streams, rare. Baguley, and near 

 Timperley Bridge. Fl. July, August. 



Curtis, iii. 484 ; E.B. v. 320. 



5. Marsh Triglochin — [Tr'iglochin palusire.) 

 Low, wet, boggy places, not uncommon. Hale Moss. Near Ardcn 

 Hall. Near Agecroft. Mobbcrlcy, near Burlcy Hurst Wood. Plenti- 

 ful in Clayton Vale and about Thornham. Fl. June — August. 

 Curtis, iii. 482 ; E. B. vi. 300 ; Baxter, i. CO. 



