CLXXXVIL 

 ALISMA PLANTAGO. 



Greater Water Plantain. 



Class VI. Hexandria. — Order V. Polygynia. 



Nat. Ord. Alismace^e. 



Gen. Char. Calyx of three sepals. Petals three. Cap- 

 sules numerous, clustered, distinct, indehiscent, one- 

 seeded. Embryo much curved. 



Spec. Char. Leaves ovate, acute. Fruit depressed. 

 Capsules obsoletely trigonal. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek .... ttkiafia. 



Plantago aquatica lati folia. Bauh. Pin. 190. 



Plantago aquatica. Raii Hist. 618. Syn. 257. Dod. Pempt. 

 596. Cam. Epit. 264. 



Latin <j Plantago aquatica major. Ger. Em. 417- Park. Theatr. 



1245. 



Alisma Plantago. Lin. Sp. PI. 486. Eng. Fl. ii. p. 203. 

 L Eng. Bot. t. 837- 

 French . . . Plantain d'eau ; Grand Plantain d'eau ; Fluteau plantagine. 

 Italian .... Piantaggine acquatica. 

 Spanish.. . . Llanten aquatica. 



German .. . Froschlb'ffel ; Froswegerich ; Wasserwegerich. 

 Dutch .... Water- Weegbree ; Groote Water-Weegbree. 

 Danish .... Vard Vegbreed. 

 Swedish . . . Stbckra. 

 Polish .... Badkawodna. 



Description. — The root is perennial, somewhat bulbous, co- 

 vered with a whitish epidermis, and is furnished with a tuft of 

 numerous descending fibres. The stem or scape is erect, ob- 

 tusely three-cornered, naked, smooth, tinged with purple, and 



