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would result, but not in the long-styled form unless 

 the stigma is bent over when the flowers are 

 closed. 



The fruit opens by five valves, and the seeds are 

 dispersed by the wind and then by water and wind. 



Water Violet is also called Bog Featherfoil, 

 Featherfoil, Water Gilliflower, Water Milfoil, Water 

 Violet, Water Yarrow. 



As with some other plants, such as Frogbit, 

 hibcrnacula or winter buds are produced, which is a 

 mode of vegetative propagation, that enables the 

 plant to continue its existence during the winter, 

 whereas other plants die down. 



HoTTONiA Palustris. — III Fig. 75 the habitat of 

 Water Violet is well shown, and the pectinate leaves, with 

 the distant whorls of flowers (three to five in each). 



Brookweed (Samolus Valerandi). 



This plant is cosmopolitan in its distribution. 

 Pliny, who has already been mentioned as the author 

 of other generic names, says : "The Druids have given 

 the name of Samohis to a certain plant which grows 

 in humid localities. This they say must be gathered 

 fasting with the left hand, as a preservative against 

 the maladies to which swine and cattle are subject." 

 But it is not probable that it was at first appHed to 

 Brookweed. The second Latin name refers to some 

 reputed use for which the plant was employed. 



In autumn the plant dies down, and in summer 



