LIMXANTHEMUM 



LIMNANTHEMUM {Greek, marsh flower). Includins 

 Villiirsiti. 6Vii/i(/»()i'OT. Floating Heart. Almut 20 

 spt'cios of ;if|\i!itic plants. wi>l"!v -.(vift.-ri-.l in tr'.]M,-;il 



LIMNOCHARIS 



925 



Eu.. Asia; naturalized in District of Columbia. B.l 

 2:(i2.'J. Gn. 24. p. 53;'5. — Simulates LimnocJiaris Hut: 



bnliltii in habit. 



AA. Color of fls. white. 



H. Seeds rough. 



trachysp6nnum, (h-ay. Stouter and larger than j 



Uii'itnosiim : Ivs. cordate orbicular, thick, entire or r 





by 



-Floatins: Heart — is the hardi- 

 est of American species; its mottled, variegated leaves, 



dainty, wliit<'. miniature flowers. It is best grown un- 

 der natural romlitions. in i>ooIs and still water, and in 

 water about J it, drc].. It niav also be grown in tubs, 

 as a surf.H-r r,,^, ,-,,,-. vvitli a few tall plants in the 

 CLMiter. L. I r^ti-hiisj,. ,'„ii, 1,1, commonly known as the 

 Fairy Watn- I ,il> , i^ a inii.li stronger grower; Ivs. deep 

 ^•n■l■^. and. wlnu grown in natural p..ii.l-. atiaiii lar^.- 

 |i!''i|.. ivi i.iTi^. I li in. Iiroad, and bears iiiiiniin r:ili]c il^w i r-. 



lIH.rr IlLr W-.ik:-, • A' SHOW. It IS alSO VallLlMr l"!" I II It 111 



tun-, ^iiiiiiai- to tile preceding varifi\. /.. h'>h<nhi. 

 co]„Tiionly . -all. -d Water Snowflake, is ■iiii,|i.i,l,i, ,ll( ilir 

 most interesting and attractive of any. and d.-i r\ iin: nf 

 most general cultivation. The leaves an ..t a Iil-IiI :;i. i n 

 color, heart-shaped, and it produces tlmM i- m ::ii aii r 

 abundauce, which are much larger and ,i.\. i. d r.Dn 

 pletely with hirsute glands. Tins,., ijkr tl,.. ntlnr varie- 

 ties, are produced in clusters ..n tin- pi ih'li s, near the 

 surface, and, although they ar.' nf imt ..m ihiy'.s dura- 

 tion, they are produced in ^in h ijnantltiiv tliat there is 

 never any lack of tin • il> i: ■ 'm r^ all through the 

 season. In tub cnlim '\ mf ^pncies) will 



soon crowd itself oMr ': i , . n irdmarv tub.and, 



although the leavn^ n- nn ^ < i'-;ii mi tlm surface, it 

 does not alTcct the -ro„,i, ,„• ilm iiMilit.Ti.i.snrss of its 

 flow. Ting. Wiirn L;r.nvii in Iiil.^, 111.' lall.i- slioulil lie 



ng leaves or petioles, prodti 

 : -r of flowers apparently t 

 iroduces leaves; these, wl 

 itids and leaf buds again. 



f soon emits roots at the broken end 

 ■ flower buds are located; thus it is 

 iferous. These are verv desirable 



niiii~i- ^par. ; it also produces seed in great quantity, 



wliii-li, ^\ Inn lipn. floats on the surface for a short time, 



tliiii sinks to the bottom; it is best confined to the 



limits of a tid). where it grows freely and produces its 



large yellow flowers in profusion. It is hard to eradicate 



when once established, as it is perfectly hardy. 



A. Color of fls. yeJloir. 



B. /7s. (iccompunied hy clusters of tubers. 



lacundsum, Griseb. Stems sometimes 10 ft. long: Ivs. 



purplish beneath, 1-2 in. long: fls. 3-C lines across; 



segments ovate, acute : seeds smooth. Jtily, Atig. 



Ponds, Nova Scotia to Fla. and La., west to Minn. 



BB. Seeds smooth. 

 Indicum, Thw. Water Snowflake. Fls. white, yel- 

 low towards the base within ; segments fimbriated, 

 densely papillose, without a longitudinal fold down the 

 middle. Tropics. Not B. M. 658, which is a yellow-fld. 

 *1"''^'^'*- Wm. Tricker and W. M. 



LIMNANTHES {Greek. m,n:-<h fh 

 Two or 3 species of Ann i mm i imhi: 

 water. Low, diffuse, in i ' 



white, yellower rosy, -li .i 



!•). Gerunu\cem. 

 M.nviii:; near the 



. regular, iln pini m .i -: s.-pals valvate 

 ands alternating witii tiie jietals; stamens 

 stinct, at first fleshy, at length hard and 

 •hiscent, separating from the short axis: 



. r.r. TiVs. pinnate; Ifts. sharply lobed or 

 lin. ar: |i. tals ohlong-spatulate, notched 

 III- l.-^s \. Ill.\^. white toward the tip: fr. 

 Inly ,or,u:;at,,l, Calif. B.M. 3554. B.R. 



LIMN6BIUM (living in ■pools, from the Greek). In- 

 cluding TriAuea. Ui/drochurid^cecs. Three or four 

 American aquatic herbs, one of which is in the Amer. 

 trade. Stemless plants, spnading liy means of runners, 

 the large leaves floatin-. .^I.innrnius. the fls. arising 



from spathes borne on tin' i i^t.nk. the pistillate 



single from a spathe ami tin- staniiiiate 2-4 from a 

 spathe, all with C white segments or petals, the inner 

 ones being very narrow ; stamens in a column, bearing 

 anthers at unequal heights: ovary with several (6-9) 

 locules and as many stigmas, ripening into a many- 

 seeded berry. 



B6sci, Rich. {L. Sp'iniii'i. Steud.). American Fbog's- 

 BiT (the European Frog's-bit is Hydrocharis). A neat 

 floating plant, with purplish, hanging, hairy roots and 

 long-stnmmed, cordate or ovate Ivs. 1-2 in. long and 

 I'liri'li^li ti-tieath. Lake Ontario, south and west. Good 



1. ill, ,,■.!. mm lUsci, whlle it is hardy southward, does 

 11. It a|.|.i-ar to be so in New Jersey. Its mottled foliage 

 and silky rootlets are very attractive and make it valu- 

 able in the aquarium, but when grown out-of-doors in 

 summer in tubs or pools, it is very vigorous and soon 

 becomes crowded; the leaves, inst.-ad of floating, then 

 appear in an en r I -iiiii.Mi.' -| i^ r.ih.lin f float- 

 ing leaves ha\ in .! ;■..:..;,:,. |i, I I iLiioneed 



of! 



It i 



ly di- 

 allow 



vision of runin-i-, ; ■ . i 



water, where il can n.i.iil .. -..il. 



Trianea Bogotensi i- n ■ i nouymous with 



i. .Bosci, but it is 111. in ■ iii.it. of a lighter 



color— especially in win make such long 



runners, and forms nmn .11111. mi mnl attractive ro. 

 settes of leaves. -Wji. Tkicker and L. H. B. 



LIMN6CHARIS (from Greek for 



„p-ln,- 



BB. Fls. not accompanied by clusters of tubers. 



nympholdsB, Hoifmg. and Link. (Also written L. 



nyiiiphwo'iiles.] Lvs. 2-4 in. broad : fls. 1 in. across or 



more ; segments obcordate, short-fringed. May-July. 



Htimboldtii, Rich. (L. CSmmersoni, Spreng. L. 

 viimiiliiiiilrs, Micheli. Bydricleys Ctimmersomi, Rich.). 

 Water Poppy. Fig. 1294. Stem prostrate and rooting: 

 lvs. broad-cordate-oval, thick, mostly floating: fls. and 



