672 Oedbb 134.— NAIADAOE^ 



2. SPAR'GANUM, L. Burr Eeed. (Gr. andfryavov, a band or fil- 

 let ; in reference to the long, ribbon-like leaves.) Spadices many, glob- 

 oas, the lower fertile, the upper consisting of numerous stamens with 

 scales intermixed ; filaments slender ; anthers oblong-linear, 2-celled ; 

 $ pistils numerous, sessile, each surrounded by 3 or 6 scales, which 

 represent a perianth ; stigma ligulate, unilateral, fruit nut-like, sessile, 

 1-seeded. — 4 Aquatic herbs. St. leafy, simple or branched. Lvs. 

 long, linear, sheathing at base. 



§ Stigmaa mostly 2. Stems of the inflorescence branching. Erect No. 1 



§ Stigmaa always single. Stem simple. — Erect. Ueads large (half inch diam.) No. 3 



— Floating or erect. Heads small Nos. 8, 4 



1 S. ramosum Hudg. Lvs. triangular at base, their sides concave ; common 

 flower-stalka branched; stig. 2, linear. — Grows in pools and ditches, where it Is 

 oonspicuous among other reedy plants for its globular burrs of flowers. Stem 

 1 — 2f high, flexuous, round, with a few branches above. Leaves J — 2f long, 

 4 — 8" wide, linear, arising above the stem, triangular towards the base, and 

 sword-form upwards, tapering, but obtuse. Heads of flowers Ught green ; fertile 

 ones 2 — 5, 6" diam., the lowest generally raised on a short, axillary stalk;, sterile 

 ones above, more numerous, smaller, sessile. Aug. 



2 S. simplex Smith. Lower lvs. equal with, or exceeding the stem, which is 

 nearly simple, floral ones concave at fee and erect ; stig. always simple, ovate- 

 oblong, oblique, scarcely more than half the length of the style. — Ponds and 

 lakes. Stem 1 — 2f high, simple or divided at base. Leaves mostly radical, 

 1 — 2Jf by 3", carinate at base. Fertile heads sessile, generally 3, 6 to 8" diam., 

 below the several barren ones, with the simple styles conspicuous. Aug. (S. 

 Americanura Nutt.) 



3 S. nutans L. Lvs. floating, flat; common flower-stalk simiie ; stig. ovate, very 

 short ; head of sterile fls. subsolitary ; fruit beaked and stipitate. — Lakes and pools, 

 XJ. S. and Brit. Am. Stem long and slender, and, with tlfe leaves, floating upon 

 the surface of the water. Leaves thin and pellucid. Heads of fertile flowers 

 axillary, generally 2, small, mostly sessile. Sterile cluster terminal. Aug. 



4 S. angustifdlium Mx. Slender, weak, simple, erect or floating ; lvs. narrowly 

 linear, shorter than the stem when erect, elongated when floating; heads very 

 small, axillary, the lower pedunculate ; stigma single, short ; fr. scarcely beaked, 

 sessile. — N. Eng., N. T., Can., pools and streams. Sts. 1 to 2f long, lvs. 1 to 3 to 

 9' or more, obtuse. Hds. scarce a fourth of an inch diam. 



Order CXXXIV. NAI ADAGES Naiads. 



Water plants with jointed stems, and sheathing stipules, or sheathing petioles. 

 Howers perfect or diclinous, naked or with a 2 to i-parted periinth. Stamens defi- 

 nite. Ovaries free, sessUe, 1-ovuled. Stigma simple, often sessile. Fmit indehis- 

 oenL Seed without albumen, with a straight or curved embryo. 

 Oenera 9, species 60, in waters and marshes, salt or fresh in all coontriea. 



GENERA. 



»• Flowers axillary, sessile, the staminato reduced to a single stamen (a). 



a Fertile flowers reduced to a single pistil, with 2 or 3 stigmas. Lvs. opposite. .Na jab. 1 



a Fertile flowers with about 4 pistils in a cup, with as many stigmas Zanichellia. 3 



• Flowers spadaceous, or 2 to 20, sessile on a spadix or spike (b). 



b Flowers monreclous, seated in 2 rows on the side of a linear, flat spadix Zosteba. 3 



b Flowers perfect, naked, 2 to 5, 4-merou3 ; fruit raised on slender stipes Euppia. 4 



b Flowers perfect ; perianth 4-sepaled ; atam. 4. Pistils and achenia 4.. Potamogetoh. 5 



1. NA'JAS. L. Water Ntmph. (Gr. vdu>, to flow ; hence Naif, or 

 Naidfif, Nymph of the waters; from the habitat.) Flowers axillary, 

 s«.<isile, solitary, the $ reduced to a single stamen ; filament slender, 



