340 S8. Limnanthes. 27. GENTIANiE. PI. ex. cor, 



B. Menyanthe-E. Leaves alternate, mostly toothed, oi' 

 ternate ; cestivation inflected. 



VIII. 98. LIMNANTHES. Stokes. Water-rose. 

 Calyx 5-parted ; corolla rotate, limb spreading, 5-parted ; 



edge of the lobes ciliated, base bearded ; stamens 5 ; style 

 short; stigma 2-lobed, lobes crenate; glands 5, hypogy- 

 nous, alternating with the stamens; capsule compressed, 

 1 -celled, valveless, suture seedbearing, in 2 rows ; seeds 

 compressed, edge winged; wings fringed. — Herh floating; 

 leaves alternate, peltate, rough underneath ; petiole dilated 

 at the base, rather sheathing; flowers yellow, axillary, in 

 bundles; peduncles 1 -flowered. 



Limnanthes peltata. Shield-leaf water-rose. 



Leaves heartshape orbicular ; edge not cut. 



Nymphaea lutea minor, flore fimbriato, Rail Syn. 368,2. 



Nymphaia lutea minima, Ger. em. 820, 5. 



Nympha3a lutea minor. Park. 125?. 



Menyantlies nymphoides, Lin. S. P. 207. 



Limnanthemum peltatum, Gmel.Act. Peiv. 1769,527. 



Waldsclimidia nymphoides, fVigg. Fl. Holsat. 20. 



Villarsia nymphoides, Ventenat. 



Menyanthes natans, Lamarck Fl. Fr. 208. 



Menyanthes nymphaeoides, Engl. JBof. 217. 



Limnanthes nymphoides, Stokes BnC. Med. Mai. 300. 



Fringed buckbean. Lcsa yellow water-lily. Dwarf water-lily. 



Ditches and slow streams; perennial; July and August, 

 Stem very long; leaves dark green^ sometimes spotted. 



IX. 99. MENYANTHES. Dioscorides. Bucklean. 

 Calyx 5-parted; corolla funnel-shape; inside densely 



villous ; limb spreading, bent back, 5-lobed ; edge not cut ; 

 stamens .o: style 1, exserted; stig?na capitate, 2 cut; cap- 

 sule 1-celled, 2-valved; seeds ovate, compressed, shining. — ■ 

 Reaves ternate, petioled ; base of the petiole dilated, rather 

 sheathing; scape many-flowered; flowers spiked; Iraclea 1 

 at the base of each peduncle. 



Mc:iyanlhes paliisiris. Marsh hucklean. 



Menyanthes palustre, triphyilum latifolium el angustifoliiim, Rail Syn. 

 985,1. 



Trifolium paludosum, Ger. cm. 1194; TrtrA-, 1212. 

 Menyanthes trifoliala, Lin. S. P. 208. 

 Marsh clover. Marsh trefoil. 



Watery places and spongy bogs; perennial ; June, July. 



