SAGITTARIA 



regions. Most of tlie spc'ips liiivp an 



in bogs and sliallow |".iiil-. mihI .iN 

 buttercup-lilse flowi-r^. uliirh ar.- h., 



small whorls on an vi [ s. ■;(])<', Tin- 



for colonizing in the c.pen, l>ut .S'. J/. 

 the most popular species — is grown ii 



plunged in open ponds in the summer. The arrowheads 

 are perennials of easy culture, although likely to be 

 infested with aphis. Prop, by division, or sometimes 

 by seeds. 



Plants of mostly erect habit, the Ivs. and scapes aris- 

 ing from more or less tuberous or knotted rootstooks : 

 Ivs. typically arrow-shaped, with long basal lobes, but 

 sometimes long and linear: fls. imperfect, montpcious 

 (stauiinate fls. usually in the uppermost whorls) or di- 

 cecious, with 3 white broad petals and 3 small greenish 

 sepals, the stamens and pistils numerous, the latter 

 ripening into small akenes: inflorescence composed of 

 successive whorls of 3-stalked fls. Sometimes the Ivs. 

 are floating. 



A. Sepals of pistillate fls. (usually in the lower 

 whorls) erect after flowering ^ and the pedicels of 

 these fls. thick: carpels not glandular. 

 Montevidfinsis, Cham. & Schleoht. Giant Arrow- 

 head. Very large, sometimes growing G ft. tall, with 

 leaf -blades 1-2 ft. long: Ivs. arrow-shaped, with long, 

 diverging, sharp basal Inbps: fl«. vr-ry laru'' i:2 to nearly 



blotch at the l.a-r. A I'L'.Mili 11a t" i'.razil. I lill.' ami I'.-ril. 



cult, plant from .-eeds sent to Euglaud iu Ls^^l; from 

 Buenos Ayres by .John Ball. It is now a popular plant 

 for aquaria and lily ponds. Tender to frost. It is spar- 

 ingly naturalized in the southern parts of the U. S., on 

 both the Atlantic and Pacific sides. 



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A\. Sipnls of pistillnte fls. reflextd after flouering: 



j'liluth of these fls. slender: carpels somewhat 



qlandnlur. 



B Hunt!, at base Of whorls united, as if only 1. 



pusiUa, Nutt. I S. nittaxs. m part. S. siibulAta ,'&u<ih.) . 



Slencli 1 lud ^nnpl. ii-ii ilh ..iih a tiw inches high: 



ive plants. 



Bracts S, at base of the who)h. 

 'jVS. uiualhj distinctly lagittate. 

 illd ( S' l.^M.;^,^^■, Enir.Im. H. saqittm- 

 laliih Ah lo I Fi..- JJJi. Very variable 



l\ - 11 !l\ 1.1 1-1 lit ite with long 



sagittaefdlia, Linn. Old World Arrowhead. 

 Rhizome thick and tuberous, stolon-bearing: Ivs. broad 



.1 \Mi -l.x ~ .111. uiilM.is the 

 1.1 , tli. 1. ,1. , iisi.i, ,.,i to be 



(, llort ) ^ thuuH^i:, of most 

 one of the many forms of this 

 to be another S Chinensis in 



e Ivs., the botanical position of 



cc. 1/vs. usually oblong or linear and not sagittate. 

 D. Filaments slender, tapering uptvard, cobwebby. 

 lancifdlia, Linn. Erect and somewhat rigid, glabrous. 



the scape sometimes reaching 5 ft. : ivs. lanceolate 

 narrow-oblong to nearly linear, nerved from the thick 

 midrib: fls. white, in several whorls. Swamps, Del. to 

 the tropics. 



broadened, pubescent. 

 1(1 simple, glabrous, 2 ft. 

 Iivllodia, flat, broad-linear 

 . small, white, in 2 or 3 



liD. Filament 

 graminea, Jli.-lix 





..Hip, 



■d: 11; 



L. H. 



SAGO PALM. Consult Cycas. 



SAINFOIN, or SAINTFOIN. Onobrychis vicicefoUa. 



ST. ANDREW'S CROSS. Ascyrum Crux-Andrea:. 



ST. DABEOC'S HEATH. 8ee Dabcecia. 



ST. GEORGE'S HERB. Vuleriana officinalis. 



ST. JOHN'S BREAD. Cerafonia Siliqua. 



ST. JOHN'S-WORT. 



Hyper 



als 



Syr, 



ST. PATRICK'S CABBAGE. Sax.ifraga umbrosa. 



ST. PETER'S-WORT. Ascyrum stttns. Also applied 

 species of Hypericum, Primula and Symphoricarpus. 



SAINTPAtTLIA (from 



of the plant, 

 1). Gesnerdcea-. Usambara 

 us from eastern tropical 

 ..-..wing iu wooded places in 



rami.. r...-l<.. in ri.-li, light 



;.. i.aniial li. rl. willi short- 



I'.- I^^. !-■_• ill. i.itig and 



-. 1...™.- in st.,nt i..--.luncled 



