280 THE AQUARIUM AND WATER PLANTS. 



grow very beautiful as its foliage becomes adapted to the 



case. 



Alisma Plantago, or Water Plantain, is a pretty plant, 

 with varying leaves, some round, others ovate, others 

 oblong, and producing small whitish flowers. It is found 

 very plentifully in ditches. 



Myriophyllum Spicatum. 



The various species of Myriophyllum, or Water Milfoil, 

 are rapid growing plants. Of these, the best are M. spica- 

 tum, a common inhabitant of deep waters, and M. amli- 

 guum, with its varieties, a native of ponds and ditches. 



The many varieties of Potamogeton, or Pond Weed, are 



