134 PETALOIDEJB 



OED. XC1X. AJLISHACEJE. 

 AX.ISMA. WATEE-PLANTAIK 



1. A. Plantag-o (greater Water- Plantain.) By the edges of 

 ditches, ponds, and lakes. Leaves all radical, oval heart-shaped 

 or lanceolate, on long stalks, large. Flower-stalks 2 or 3 feet 

 high, panicled with whorled branches ; flowers small, pale rose- 

 colour. Side of a ditch near the old barn at Torre Abbey. Forde 

 bog. Bovey Heath, etc. (E. B. t. 837.) P. vn. Tin. 



2. A. rammculoides (lesser W.) In wet ditches and turfy 

 bogs. Leaves radical, narrow-lanceolate or linear, on long stalks. 

 Whole plant much smaller than the last, the flowers however are 

 larger and paler, the flower-stalks umbellate ; the fruit of this is 

 globose, while that of A. Plantago is bluntly triangular. Preston, 

 near Kingsteignton, Fl. D. Boggy ground at Lindridge. (E. 

 B. t. 326.) P. vi. vn. 



SAGITTARXA. AEEOW-HEAD. 



S. sagittifolia (common 4rroiv-kead.) In ditches and rivers. 

 Leaves all radical, on very long stalks, rising to the surface of the 

 water, truly arrow-shaped, with lanceolate straight lobes. Flower- 

 stalk upright, leafless, longer than the leaves, the upper part 

 bearing several whorls of handsome white flowers, the upper 

 flowers being staminiferous, and the lower pistilliferous. Eiver 

 Clyst, near Bishop's Clyst Bridge, Fl. D. (E. B. t. 84.) P. VII. 



VIII. 



OED. C. JTTNCAGINACE^. 

 TRIGLOCHIN. AEEOW-GEASS. 



1. T. palustre (marsh Arrmv-grass.) Wet and marshy 

 places. Leaves all radical, linear, succulent, from 2 or 3 to 8 

 inches in length. Flower-stalk 8 or 10 inches high, bearing a 

 loose, simple spike of small yellowish-green flowers. Fruit of 3 

 combined capsules, linear. Petit Tor. Watcombe. Exmouth. 

 (E. B. t. 366.) P. vi. vn. 



2. T. maritimum (seaside A.) In salt-marshes. Larger 

 and stouter than the last ; leaves more succulent ; flowers very 

 similar. Fruit ovate, formed of 6 combined capsules. Good- 



