68 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



ARROWHEAD (Sagittaria variabilis) . Water Plantain fam. 

 Ht. several in. to several ft.; flowers 3 in whorl; 

 petals 3 ; leaves on long stalks, arrow-shaped. In 

 water or wet places. Summer. 



PIPE-WORT (y-ANGLED) (Eriocaulon septangulare) . Pipe- 

 wort family. 



Ht. few in.; flowers minute in small heads at end of 

 delicate scape; scape 4-7 angled; leaves (-3 in. 

 long), pointed, narrow, with parallel veins, spread- 

 ing from base. In quiet water or near it. Summer, 

 autumn. 



Fig. 32. 



Pipe- wort (Eriocaulon septangulare)- 



FLOATING HEART (Limnanthemum lacunosum). Buck- 

 bean family. 



Flowers in umbel near top of long stems with 

 egg- to heart-shaped floating leaves; corolla some- 

 what wheel-shaped, 5-parted. Shallow water. 

 All summer. 



WHITE WATER CROWFOOT (Ranunculus trichophyllus) . 



Crowfoot family. 



Small flowers rising out of water on slender stalks; 

 petals 5, rounded; leaves finely dissected, under 

 water. Summer. 



See also WATER PLANTAIN (26). 



