34 NAIADACEAE (PONDWEED FAMILY) 



base, on stout petioles about equaling the blade; submerged leaves often very 

 large, mostly falcate and spmewhat; undulate, acute, attenuate to a usually 

 short petiole : spike thick, on a very stout peduncle : fruit large, 3-keeled, with 

 a broad, stout beak: sides of the nutlet not pitted,-^-In ponds and streams; 

 from New Mexico to the Atlantic States; also in California and Oregon. 



3. Potamogeton diversifolius 5,af. Med.Rep. II. 5: 354. 1808. Floating 

 leaves oval to lance-oblong, of ten acute,' lohger than the filiform petioles, with 

 about 5-7 nerves beneath, deeply impressed ;' submerged leaves very numerous, 

 almost setaceous, 2-10 cm. long, very rarely 1 mm. wide; stipules obtuse: 

 emersed spikes 8-14 mm. long; submersed spikes 1-4-fiowered, their peduncles 

 (of their own length) frequently recurved: fruit minute, about 8-to(3thed on 

 the margin. — Montana, probably Wyoming, east to New Brunswick and 

 Florida. 



4. Potamogeton heterophyllus Schreb. Spioil. Fl. Lips. 21. 1771. Stems 

 very slender, branching: floating leaves rather thin, 9-1 5-nerved, small, oblong- 

 elliptic, acutish, rounded or cuneate at base, on slender petioles mostly equal- 

 ing or exceeding the blade; submerged leaves linear-lanceolate, variable in 

 length, more commonly short, acute or acuminate, narrowed at base: spikes 

 rather loose, on stout often elongated peduncles: fruit round-obovate, acute, 

 scarcely keeled. — In still or flowing water; from the Yellowstone' eastward; 

 also in Nevada and California. 



5. Potamogeton lonchites Tiickerm. Am. Journ. Sci. II. 6: 226. 1848. 

 Stem rather slender, branching: fl'oating leaves thickish, 11-23-nerved, long 

 elliptical to oblong-laneeolate, acute or acutish, rather abruptly narrowed into 

 a petiole usually longer than the blade; submerged leaves thin and long, 

 mostly linear-lanceolate, attenuate at base, the lower sessile: spikes on stout 

 peduncles: fruit obliquely obbvate, carinate, acute: nutlet somewhat 3-fceeled, 

 the sides scarcely impressed. — Usually in streams; from Mexico to the Atlantic 

 States; also in the Pacific States. 



6. Potamogeton Zizii Roth, Enum. 1: 531. 1827. Stems branching, slender: 

 floating leaves many-nerved, narrowly elliptic, 4-10 cm. long, mostly acute, 

 short-petioled or often nearly sessile; submerged leaves lanceolate or oblan- 

 ceolate, thin, acute, longer than the floating leaves, 7-1 7-nerved: peduncles 

 thicker than the- stem, long: spike often 5 cm. long: fruit obliquely, ovoid, 

 rather large, dorsally 3-keeled. — Wyoming and Montana, east to the Atlantic 

 States. 



7. Potamogeton alpinus Balbis, Misc. Bot. 13. 1804. Floating leaves 

 (often wanting) rather thin, . 11-17-nerved, narrowly oblong-elliptic or ob- 

 lanceolate, acutish, attenuate into a very broad, short petiole; submerged 

 leaves as large as the floating, sessile or nearly so, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 

 obtuse or acute: spikes rather slender, on stout often elongated peduncles: fruit 

 round-obovate, acutely margined, beaked by the rather long style: nutlet 

 pitted on each side. P. rufescens. — In ponds and streams; Colorado to Mon- 

 tana, and in the Atlantic States. - 



8. Potamogeto^j perfaliatus L. Sp. PI. 126. 1753. The large leaves long- 

 lanceolate'from a cordate-clasping base, and acuminate, wavy, 8-12 cm. long: 

 peduncles thickened upward: fruit irregularly obovate, obtusely margined, the 

 sides with a shallow indentation. P. perfoUdtus lanceolatus. —Colorado to 

 Montana, thence across the continent^' 



9. Potamogeton lucens L. Sp. PI. 127. 1753. Stem stout, branching: 

 leaves usually large, 5-15 cm. long, oblong-lanceolateior oblanceolate, abruptly 

 acute or acuminate, often undulate-serrate, narrowed at base to a short petiole 

 or subsessile; stipules large: peduncles often elongated: fruit acute, slightly 

 keeled. — From New Mexico to CaUfornia; also eastward to Florida and New 

 England. ' , • , 



10. Potamogeton pusillus L. Sp, PI. 127. 1753. Stem slender, flatfish or 

 nearly cylindrical, often very branching: leaves narrow or setiaceous-linear, 

 acuminate, acute or subacute, 1-3-nerved, furnished with translucent glands 

 on each side at the base; stipules at first obtuse: spikes interrupted or capitate 

 2-8-flowered, on rather long peduncles: fruit obliquely eUiptical, scarcely 



