216 ]5i. Sagittaria. 22. ALISMACE^. Flend.ph. 



Sagittaria aquatica. . IVater arrowhead. 



Leaves lanceolate, pointed, sagittate; lobes lanceolate, 

 straight; scape simple. 



Sagitta, Rail Si/n. 258, I. 



Sn^iita major et minor, Ger. e/n. 416, 1 and 2, 

 Sagitta minor ia<ifoiia. Park. 12-I7 

 Sagittaria sagittaefolia, Li7i. S. P. 1410. 



Watery places ; perennial ; July and August. 



First leaves strapshape, sunk; the succeeding sagittate, 

 reticulattl; Afined; scape 6 -angled \ jluiver:^ 3 in a whorl; 

 h ucte(£ ovate ; '>:ia!c flcwers v/ith 1 to 6 styles. - -- Tuber nutri- 

 tive, t-aten by the Chinese, by whom the plant is cultivated 

 in watery places. 



i3. r/iinor. plant much smaller. 



Sagitta aq lati-a oimiium r.iinima, Ruii Syn. 258,2. 



II. 155. ALISMA. Cordus. Water-plant ain. 



Perigon'mm 6-sepaled ; stamens 6 ; ovaries many, inde- 

 finite; eto7*0/7 roundish : ca7?zt/re5 1 -seeded, distinct. — Root 

 fibrous; leaves ovate or lanceolate, curved-ribbed; ^0M/e/'5 

 umbelled or panicled ; brandies in threes, verticillate. 



1. Allsjna major. Great luater-planta'm. 

 Leaves ovate, acute, 7-ribbed ; elarion depressed; camares 



verticillate, obtusely S-sided. 



Plaiitago aqua(ica, Raii Syn. '257, 1. 

 Plautago aquatica major, Gf.r. em. 417, 1 ; Park. 1245. 

 Alisnia Plantago aqu;aica, L/ra. S. P. 486. 

 Planiaginoidcs sen Phinta'<o nquatira, Knaut Comp. 158. 

 Alisma Plantago, Smith Fi. Brit. 400, 



"Watery places and river-sides ; perennial ; July. 



Scape 4 feet high, 3-sided, upright ; panicle verticillately 

 branched ; flowers blueish whito. — Tubers farinaceous, much 

 recommended in hydrophobia, juice used for drying up the 

 milk in breasts. 



B. lanceoJata. Leaves strapshaped. 



Plantago aquatica lon^ifolia, Raii Syn. 257, 1*. 

 Alisino lancciilata, Wit!i. Boti Arr. 363. 

 Narroio Itafal Kuler-plantain. 



2. Alisma natans. Floating water-plantain. 

 Leaves elliptical, obtuse; peduncles single; clarion de- 



• pressed; cf^warci' verticillate, compressed, streaked. 



Damasonium repens, VaiUant. Mem. Ac. Sc. 1719. 

 Alibina natan?, Lin. S. P. 487. 



