FROG-BIT TRIBE. 



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ORD. LXXXII.HYDEOCHAEIDACILE. FROG- 

 BIT TRIBE. 



Flower-buds enclosed in a sheath; sepals 3, green; 

 petals 3 ; stamens 3, 9, 12 or more ; ovary inferior, 1- 

 or many-celled ; style 1 ; stigmas 3 9 ; fruit dry or 

 juicy, not bursting, 1- or many-celled. A tribe of 

 aquatic plants, often floating, among which the most 

 remarkable is Valisneria spirdlis, the flower of which 

 grows at the extremity of a long, spiral stalk. As the 

 bud expands, the spire partially uncoils, allowing the 



ANA*CHARIS ALSINASTRUM. 



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