204 AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 
natifid leaves of the stem are shorter than their 
stalks, 
The Axgelca is a fine tall handsome Um- 
bellifer, rising above other growths in watery 
places. The two kinds of Bur-reed, Sparga- 
nium simplex and ramosune, are not found 
together ; the former appears to like quiet and 
shallower water, the latter a swift running 
stream. | 
In quiet water you may find, rising several 
feet, the stems of Putons umbellatus, absurdly 
called ‘ Flowering-Rush,”’ but having not 
the slightest relation to the Rush family; it is 
the only plant in our Flora of Linn. Cl. IX., 
Enneandria, having nine stamens; its Nat. 
Ord. is Atismace& The summit of its long 
scape, or flowering stem, is crowned with a 
large and beautiful umbel of flowers, both 
calyx and corolla being of fine pink or rose 
colour. The leaves are triangular and twisted 
at the top. 
Of the same Order are two species of the 
inconspicuous plants of Arrow-grass, 7vzglochin, 
one of which, 7. palustre, is frequent in marshy 
places ; it is hexandrous, and the spike is green, 
tinged with red. A handsome flower is the 
