42 NAIADACEZ (Bennett). [ Triglochin. 
1. T. bulbosum (Linn. Mant. alt. 226); stem simple, tuberous at 
the base, with interlaced fibres, forming a brown mass at the base; 
leaves half-cylindrical, finely striated, canaliculate, generally shorter 
than the stem; raceme elongating after flowering, 6-12-flowered ; 
fruits erect, ascending (not appressed), larger at the base than the 
apes, of 3 carpels. Bot. Ma ag. t. 1445; Thunb. Prod. 67 ; Fl. Cap. 
ed. 2, ii. 347 ; —— in DC. oasis i: 92; Buchenat in Engl. 
Jahrb. ii. 510. T. Barreliert, Lois, Fl. Gall. ed. 2, 64. 
SoutuH AFRIca: without locality, Zeyher, 1735! Hiei Krauss, 1398! 
1399 ! 1 nag 
Coast Rre Cape ; Cape Flats, Bolus, 2850! Elliot, 1175! 
Binns Bays 1 Wn ight | ! ee Div. Flats be yam tah url and French Hoek, below 
bet nhage Div., Ecklon and Zeyher, 620 
Eas eae oe = @riga ualand East ; rose ng Tenge: 5000 ft., Tyson, 1866! 
Natal ; ais “Wood, 9 7! 
2. T. laxiflorum (Gussone, Ind. Sem. Hort. Boceadit. 1825); stem 
ascending, tuberous at the base; leaves linear, flat (not canaliculate) ; 
flowers distant ; peduncles short, patent in fruit ; carpels 3, Praag 
tapering upw ards. Fl, Sie. Prod. i. 451; Micheli in DC. Monog 
101 ; Bu eenas in Engl. Jahrb. ii. 510. 
. Region : Natal; “eee ee 8581! Wood, 925! 
Differ T. bulboswm, Linn, the "Ot (not erect) stem, leaves 
nearly ri es Provan yee fruit ‘sdiiéele shorte 
T. striatum (Ruiz & Pavon, FI. Peruv. iii. 72) ; rootstock small, 
stoloniferous ; leaves variable, narrowly linear to subulate, striate, 
generally shorter than the scape; stem (scape) without leaves, 
3-12 in. tall; flowers shortly pedicelied often many ; carpels 3, 
orbicular, with 6 permanent ribs, a 1-12 lin. long. Micheli in 
DC. Monog. iii. 101; Buchenau in Trai Jahrb. ii. 510. T. mari- 
tinum, Thunb, (not of Linn.) Fl. Cap. ed. 2, ii. 346 ; Durand and 
Sc Conspect. Fl. Sail 491. 
Coast Rea@ion : Cape Div.; about the ponds near Cape Town and at Salt i 
Burchell, 691! sik witee near Cape Town, Rehmann, 1194 
Rehmann, 1832! Salt River, Schlechter, 253! Uit — iv.,  Zey 
914! Zwartkops River, below 100 ft., Drége! Van Stadens River, recounts 
2051! Port Blizabe th, E.S.C.A. Herb., 176! Basan st Div.; near the source 
4 Ul, 3906! 
EasteRN Re@ion: Natal; Durban, Rehmann, 8580! Gerrard, 738 
Differs from the other two species in the carpels, which are short, a con- 
‘ssraoale ribbed, or angled. 
II. APONOGETON, Thunb. 
Periunth of 1-3 equal or unequal segments, or 0. Stamens : 5-6 
or more, With subulate filaments, persistent. Carpels 3-6, with 2 o 
more ovules ; stigma on a short style, decurrent or persistent. Frut 
of 3 or more hardeied follicles. foe erect; embryo straight. 
Eason oe plants with tuberous rootstocks, in the early oie wae ae 
; leaves either se or erect, variable in shape, 
as te Fahne in one species?) ; scape with simple or bitid pouty spikes 
