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ALISMACEAE ( WATER-PLANTAIN FAMILY^ 



winged on both margins, with a curved usually horizontal beak. (S. variabilis 

 F^ngelm.) — In water or wet places, very common; exceedingly variable as to 

 leaf-contour. Fig. 34. The following forms, although ill defined, 

 are in most instances recognizable: Forma OBxtsA (Muhl.) 

 Robinson. (*S'. obtusa Muhl.) Leaves very broad, sagittate, ob- 

 tuse. Forma hastata (Pursh) Robinson. {S. hastata Pursh.) 

 Leaf-blades and their basal lobes oblong-lanceolate, acute. Forma 

 GRACILIS (Pursh) Robinson. {S. gracilis ]^\ivsh.) Leaf -blades and 

 their basal lobes narrowly linear. Forma diversifolia (Engelin.) 

 Robinson. (*S'. variabilis, var. Engelm.) Leaf -blades partly sagit- 

 tate and partly lanceolate or elliptic without basal lobes. 

 publscens (Muhl.) J. G. Sm. Robust, piibesct^nt, broad- 



34. S. latifulia. 

 Achene x 3, 



Var. 



6-9 mm. long, 

 J. and Pa. to 



lobes 

 wide) 



of the 

 achene 



35. S. Engel- 

 manniana. 

 Achene x 3 



36. S. arifolia 

 Achene X 3. 



leaved ; bracts shorter than in the other forms, 

 broadly ovate, obtusish, and very pubescent. — N, 

 N. C. 



3. S. Engelmanniana J. G. Sm. Slender; 

 sagittate leaves very narrowly linear (1-3 mm. 

 narrowly cuneate-obovate (4 mm. long), the beak elongated, erect 

 or recurved, the sides usually strongly 1-3-crested. {S. variabilis, 

 var. gracilis Engelm.) — About ponds, etc., ''N. H." and Mass. 

 to Del. Fig. 35. 



4. S. arifblia Nutt. Monoecious, glabrous ; scape 2-4 dm. 

 high, simple or rarely branched ; fertile whorls l-(rarely)3 ; fertile pedicels 

 3-11 ram. long; leaf-blades sagittate-hastate, ovate, acute; achenes winged all 



round, bearing at the upper inner angle a minute erect beak. — 

 Que. to centr. Me., Vt., Ct., Mich., Kan., Dak., and westw. — 

 When in deep water producing lance- linear phyllodia at the base 

 and developing elongated petioles of the blade-bearing leaves 

 {8. cuneata Sheldon). Fig. 36. 



5. S. brevir6stra Mackenzie & Bush. Very stout ; scape 6-12 

 dm. high ; leaf-blades all sagittate, basal lobes ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, about as long as the terminal portion ; inflorescence simple 

 or slightly branched, 2—5 dm. long ; bracts lanceolate, attenuate ; fruiting pedi- 

 cels 1-2 cm. long ; fruiting heads 2-3 cm. in diameter ; achenes cuneate-obovate, 

 with doi-sal wing prominent ; beak suberect, but little surpassing the wing at 

 the swnmit. — Sloughs and bottoms, Ind. to Kan. 



6. S. lancifblia L. Scape 8-15 dm. high, with several of the lower whorls 

 fertile ; leaves lanceolate or lance-oblong, rarely linear, all with a tapering base, 

 thick or coriaceous (1.5-4.5 dm. long on a long and stout petiole, never sagittate), 

 the nerves mostly arising from the very thick midrib ; bracts ovate, acute or acu- 

 minate ; pedicels slender, the fertile scarcely shorter than the 



sterile ones; filaments pubescent; achenes falcate, winged on the 

 back, pointed with an incurved beak. — Swamps, Md. to Ky., Mo., 

 and southw. (W. L) Fig. 37. 



7. S. ambigua J. G. Sm. Scape 4-6 dm. high ; leaves as in 

 the preceding; raceme simple ; pedicels 1.5-2.5 cm. long; bracts 

 lanceolate, small (8 mm. long) ; filaments glabrous ; achenes 

 with a short incurved beak, scarcely winged. — Borders of ponds, etc., Kan. 

 and souhtw. 



* * Filaments very short, with enlarged mostly glandular base ; anthers ovate or 

 short-ohhmg ; fruiting heads small ; bracts more or less connate; leaves very 

 rarely sagittate. 



8. S. heterophylla Pursh. Scape weak (1.5-8 dm. high), 

 at length procumbent ; leaves lanceolate or lance-oval, entire, 

 or with one or two narrow basal sagittate appendages ; bracts 

 roundish, obtuse; flowers of the lov^^est whorl fertile and almost 

 sessile ; the sterile on long pedicels ; filaments glandular- 

 S8. S. heterophylla. pubescent ; achenes narrowly obovate with a long erect beak. — 

 Achene x3. N. E. to Fla., w. to Minn, and Mo. — Varies as to foliage, the 



37. 8. lancifoliii. 

 Achene x o. 



