lh.\ ANURIA, P0LT61 Ma. it: 



ORDER IV. TETRAGYNIA, 



is: BA1 R\ Hi - Gen. | l 633. (Ai • .-.) 



Flowers in in ament, or crowded spike, scales 

 1 -lowered. Corolla none. FUaments and 

 anthers adnata. Capsules 4, each 1 or 

 rarely fe-seeded, not opening. — JWtt. 



1. S. stem leafy* many-spiked, leaves saggittate- cemmu. 

 cordate. — tt'illd. 



Anonymos aquatica, Walt 

 BAattuschkea tquatica, Gmel. 



Icon. Pink, alin.t. 117. f. 3 & 4. 



Nodding Lizard" s- tail. IVater-Ulics. 



\ subaquatic, branching and leafy plant, with drooping 

 spikes of white sweet-scented flowers. On the margins of 

 ditches, creeks and rivers, in situations generally where the 

 water reaches it; common. Perennial. August, September. 



ORDER VI. POLYGYN1 A. 



183. AI.ISMA. (.en. pi. 625. (Junci.) 



Calix 3-leaved. Petals 3. Capsules many, 

 1 -seeded, not opening. 



l. \. leaves o\ il-cordate, very obtuse, 9-nerved ; piantago. 



Bowers in rerticillato panicles ; fruit obtusely 



3-angled. — Pursh. 

 A. tri\ i:t!i^. I'ursli. 



Wafer Plant ane. 



Thii plant varies much in size, frequently flowering when 

 onh six or eignt inches high, and often attains an elevation 

 oftl In ditches, plashes And rivulets, common. Pc 



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