No, 402. 
ORONTIUM AQUATICUM. 
Class. Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
A native of North America, in rivulets 
and low stagnant waters. In the warmer 
parts it grows much larger than in the cold. 
The leaves are covered with very short 
hairs, which makes them look like velvet. 
Catesby’s Fig. 82, V. 1, which is referred 
to this plant, seems of a very gigantic size, 
and as he describes the flowers to be blue 
and the plant four feet in height, we should 
be tempted to suppose it must be a different 
kind. Plukenet’s figure in Tab. 349, is un- 
doubtedly our plant. 
this country it may be kept in shallow 
water. Its flowers are curious and interest- 
ing; they begin to appear in April, and 
come out in succession for a long time. 
` It may be occasionally increased by dividing 
the roots, and is quite hardy. 
