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A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 





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Flowers white 

 Leaves wholly submerged 



Flowers solitary, blooming on the surface 



Water Crowfoot no. 946' 



Flowers in a cluster, on a hollow erect stalk, blooming 



above the surface Featherfoil no. 947 



Leaves floating 



Leaves divided or cleft Water-cress no. 948 



Leaves undivided 



Flowers 2-4 in. wide Water Lily no. 949 



Flowers ]k2-M in- wide Floating Heart no. 950 



945. Water Lobelia. Lobelia Dortmanna. (Lobeliaceac.) A 

 perfectly smooth aquatic growing in fairly shallow water. 

 Leaves in a submerged rosette, spongy, divided by a partition, 

 1-4 in. long, and about 54 i^i- thick. From this rosette arises 

 a scaly stalk which comes out above water and is crowned by 

 a small cluster of irregular blue flowers, the tubes of which 

 are about % in. long. Along pond edges. New Brunswick 

 and Nova Scotia to New Jersey, and westward. August. 

 Fig. 945. See No. 628 for the species growing on land. 



946. Water Crowfoot. Batrachium tricophylhim. (Ranun- 

 culus aquatilis var. capillaccus.) (Ranunculaceae.) A wholly 

 submerged aquatic except for the flower which floats on the 

 surface at blooming. Leaves finely dissected. Flowers white, 

 about }i in. wide, with 5 petals and followed by a short, 

 pointed dry ffiirt. In quiet water. Nova Scotia to No. Caro- 

 lina, and westward. August. Fig. 946. See No. 34Q. 



947. Featherfoil. Hottonia inflata. {Primulaceae.) A 



