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ORDER 126. CERATOPHYLLACE^E. 



oblong-ovoid ; stigmas 2, sessile recurved ; . capsule 2-celled ; seeds 

 minute. Small, submersed herbs, adhering to stones and pebbles. 



P. ceratoph^llum MX. Lvs. diehotomously- dissected; fls. solitary, axillary. 

 Mid. TV. and S. States, in shallow streams. St. a few inches long, usually desti- 

 tute of roots and attached to stones by lateral, fleshy processes. Lvs. numerous, 

 olive-green, alternate, coriaceous, divided into many long, linear-setaceous, seg- 

 ments. Fls. on short, thick peduncles, the 2 stamens and styles at length burst- 

 ing through the lacerated calyx. Jl. (Lads ceratophylla Bougard.) 



ORDER CXXVI. CERATOPHYLLACE^E. HORNWORTS. 



. Herbs aquatic, with verticillate, dichotomously dissected leaves. Flowers mo. 

 poecious, sessile, axillary, minute, with neither corolla nor calyx. Involucre 8 to 1 '2- 

 cleft. $ Anthers (12 to 24) sessile. ? A simple, 1 -celled ovary. Seed suspended, 

 orthotropous, embryo with 2 pairs of cotyledons. 



Genus 1 only, with 6? species, In the streams and pools of the northern hemisphere. 

 Properties Unimportant. 



CERATOPHYI/LUM, L. HORNWORT. (Gr. KKQCU;, a horn, (frvAAov, 

 a leaf; alluding to the horn-like divisions of the leaves.) Character 

 the same as that of the Order. 



C. demersum L. Lvs. 6 to 8 in a whorl, doubly dichotomous, dentate-spines- 

 cent on the back ; fls. axillary; fr. 3-spined. 2| An aquatic weed in ditches, etc., 

 N. T. to Va., TV. to 111. St. floating or prostrate, 8 to 16' long, filiform, with 

 numerous whorls of leaves. These are dichotomously divided into 2 or more 

 narrow, stiff segments. Fls. minute, axillary, sessile, with sessile anthers. Fr. 

 an oblong, beaked capsule, with 1 seed. Jl. Sept. 



FIG. 692. Taxus Canad6nsis naked seeds. 



