74 NAJADACEAE (PONDWEED FAMILY^ 



cles somewhat thickened upward, mostly less than 1 dm. long ; fruit small (2.5-3 

 mm. long), roundish, compressed, scarcely keeled; embryo annular above. — ■ 

 Still or flowing water, common. July-Sept. (Greenl., Eurasia.) — Varies ex- 

 ceedingly in its submersed leaves, peduncles, etc. Forma gramimfolils 

 (Fries) Morong. Stems much elongated and less branched, and the flaccid 

 Ihiear-lanceolate submersed leaves 0.5-1.5 dm. long, 2-6 mm. wide ; spikes 1 5-3 

 cm. long. Forma longipedunculXtls (Merat) Morong. Subsimple, the inter- 

 nodes very elongate (the uppermost 1-3 dm. long) ; submerged leaves lanceo- 

 late ; peduncles 1-2 5 dm. long. — Nfd. to Ct., Mich., and westw. Forma 

 MYRiopHYLLUs (Robbius) Moroug. Sending up from running rootstocks many 

 short repeatedly dichotomous and densely leafy stems ; fertile stenis very slen- 

 der ; floating leaves small, delicate, lance-oblong, on long filiform petioles; 

 submersed stem-leaves larger, early perishing ; those of the branches (deep 

 green) linear-oblanceolate, very small (1.5-3 cm. long, 2-4 mm. wide), acute; 

 spike slender, loosely flowered, 1.2-2.5 cm. long. — "N. E. Forma mAximcs 

 Morong. Floating leaves 0.6-1.(3 dm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, very acute ; sub- 

 mersed leaves 0.5-1.6 dm. long, 0.6-1.6 cm. wide, 5-9-nerved, Forma terres- 

 TRis Schlecht. Freely creeping in exsiccated places, producing numerous very 

 short branches which bear tufts of oblong or oval coriaceous leaves but no 

 fruit. — Que. and X. E. 



11. P. angustifblius Berchtold & Presl. Resembling P. liicens, but smaller, 

 slender, much branched at base ; upper leaves coriaceous or suhcoriaceous^ long- 

 petioled and sometimes emersed, 0.4-1 dm. long, 1-2.5 cm. wide, 13-21-nerved ; 

 the others subsessile, all usually numerous, lanceolate or oblanceolate, nuicro- 

 nate, undulate and crisped, shining, 0.5-1.5 dm. long, 0.i3-3 cm. broad, 7-17- 

 nerved ; stipules obtuse, 1.5-4 cm. long; peduncle elong-dted ; Jruit distinctly 

 S-keeled, 3-4 mm. long. (P. Zizii Mertens & Koch.) — Lakes, rarely streams, 

 local, Mass. to Mich., westw. and southw. June-Sept. (W. I., Eurasia, Afr ) 

 Var. coxNECTicuTENSis (Robbins) Benn. Larger throughout; leaves all suV)- 

 mersed; fr^iit 4-4.5 mm. long. (P. lucens, var. Robbins.) — Lakes, Vt., Ct , 

 and e. N. Y. 



X P. spATHAEFORMis Tuckcrm. (P. spathulaeformis Morong) in Mystic 

 Pond, Medford, Mass., is an infertile hybrid of nos. 11 and 10. 



12. P. lucens L. Stem thick, branching, sometimes very large ; leaves all 

 submersed and similar^ more or less petioled, oval or lanceolate, mucronat^, 

 often crisped, frequently shining, 6-20 cm. long, about 13-nerved ; peduncles 

 often elongated ; fruit roundish and compressed, icith obtuse margins, scarcrly 

 keeled; embrj^o circularly incurved above. — Ponds, local, N. S. to Fla., w. to 

 the Pacific. Aug.-Oct. (Mex., '>V. L, Eurasia, n. Afr.) 



13. P. prael6ngus Wulf. Stem ichite, very long, branching, flexuous ; 

 leaves bright green, lance-oblong or lanceolate (b. 5-3 dm. long), half-clasping, 

 obtuse with a boat-shaped cavity at the extremity, thence splitting on pressure ; 

 stipules white, scarious. very obtuse, 1.5-8 cm. long; peduncles verij long (some- 

 times reaching 5 dm.); spikes rather loose-flowered ; /rwji obliquely obovoid, 

 compressed, sharply keeled when dry, 4-5 mm. long; style terminating the 

 nearly straight face; curve of the embryo oval and longitudinal. — Ponds and 

 lakes, N. S. to B. C, s. to Ct., N. J., the Great Lakes, la., Mont., and Cal. — 

 Fruiting in June and July, withdrawing the stems to deep water to mature the 

 fruit. (Eurasia.) 



14. P. Richards5nii (Benn.) Rydb, Stem branching ; leaves long-lanceolate 

 from a cordate-clasping base, acuminate, icavy, pale bright green, 3-11 cm. 

 long, 13-23-nerved ; stipules conspicuous, at least as shreds ; peduncles thick- 

 ened upward, of somewhat spongy texture, e]ongatiug sometimes to 1 dm. 

 or more; spikes 1.5-3.5 cm, long; fruit irregularly obovoid, distinctly beaked, 

 obscurely 3-keeled, 4 mm. long, the green epicarp puckered in dicing. (P. 

 perfoliatus, var. lanceolatus Robbins.) — Quiet water. Que. to Mackenzie and 

 B. C, s. to N. E., N. v., the Great Lake region, Neb., etc. July-Sept. 



15. P. perfoliatus L. Similar ; leaves orbicular, ovate or lanceolate from a 

 cordate-clasping base, usually obtuse and crisped, 2-(i cm. lonu. \b-'H-nerved ; 

 stipules rarely developed, less than 1 cm. long ; peduncles spongy and thickish. 



