

30 PLANTS GROWING IN WATER, 
river, Many believe from this custom that it is the nelumbo 
that is alluded to in Ecclesiastes xi.1: “Cast thy bread upon 
the water : for thou shalt find it after many days.” 
COMMON WHITE WATER CROWPFOOT. § (Piaze V.) 
Batrachium trichophyllum. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Crowfoot. White. Scentless. General. All summer. 
Flowers: small; terminal. Calyx: of five sepals. Corolla: of five white, 
rounded petals that turn yellow at the base. Stamens: numerous. istils : 
numerous, arranged’'in a head. Styles: shortand broad. Leaves : submerged ; 
finely dissected. 
YELLOW WATER CROWFOOT. (Plate V.) 
Raniunculus delphinifoltus. 
The yellow water crowfoot is very similar in appearance to 
the white one, only its bright petals are larger. In fact, they 
closely resemble those of the field buttercup. The submerged 
leaves are cleft into hair-like segments ; those above the water 
are reniform and parted into from three to five divisions. 
The slow, shallow water of ponds and ditches is the home of 
these pretty plants. At the approach of cold weather they 
sink to the bottom and lie dormant until the warm sun of May 
coaxes them to ratse their tender blossoms to the surface. 
WATER HEMLOCK. (Pilate V7) 
Crcuta maculata. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Parsley. White. Scentless. _ Mostly north, west and south. All summer. 
Flowers: minute ; numerous; growing in loose, compound umbels. Leaves: 
compound, the leaflets deeply toothed, or lobed; veined. Svem : three to eight 
feet high ; hollow ; streaked with purple. Roots: highly poisonous. 
It is unfortunate that so many common names have been be- 
stowed upon this unworthy plant, which is known as spotted 
cowbane, beaver poison, musquash root, sneezeweed and child- 
ren’sbane. They serve rather to prevent its becoming generally 

