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88. ALISMACE.E. 
1 -seeded compressed carpels upon a globose receptacle. — 
G. F. G. Moiiocot. ii. 26. 
Suborder II. BUTOME.E. 
Three inner segments of the ])erianth petaloid. Seeds nume- 
rous, minute. Placenta ramified over the inner surface of each 
follicle. Embno straight or curved, radicle next the hilum. 
4. Butomus. Perianth 6-parted, coloured, resembling a co- 
rolla. Stain. 9, 3 interior. Follicles 6, connected below, 
bursting inwards. — G. F. G. Monocot. ii. 27. 
Suborder III. JUNCAGINE/E. 
Perianth uniform, herbaceous, or 0. Seeds I — 2, erect, ap- 
proximated at the base. Embiyo straight, radicle at the oppo- 
site end from the hilum, plumule coming through a lateral cleft 
m the embryo. 
5. ScHEUCHZERiA. Peri.anth of 6 leaves. Stam. 6, with 
slender filaments. Ovaries “with 2 ovules.” St 3 de 0. 
Stigma adnate to the ovary, downy. Fruit compressed, in- 
flated, diverging, 1- “or 2-” seeded. — G. F. G. Monocot. 
ii. 24. 
6. Triglochin. Perianth of deciduous leaves. Stam. 6, anth. 
almost sessile. Ovaries 3 — 6, with single ovules. Style 0. 
Stigmas feathery. Carp, attached to an angular axis from 
which they at length separate at the base. — G. F. G. Mo- 
nocot. ii. 23. 
Suborder I. Alismoidece. 
1 . Alisma Linn. 
1. A. Plantago (L.) ; fl. -stalk panicled with whorled com- 
]iound branches, carp, rounded at the end not awned with 1 or 
2 strise on the back, fr. depressed obtusely trigonous, 1. cordate- 
ovate or lanceolate. — E. B. 837. R- vii. t. 57. — L. all radical, 
on long stalks. Flower-stalk 2 — 3 feet high. Fl. pale rose- 
colour. — /3. lanceolatum (Sm.); 1. lanceolate attenuated below. 
A. Inncmlata With. — By water. P. VII. VIII. Great Water- 
2 >lantain. 
2. A. nutans (L.) ; st. floating and rooting peduncles simple 
from the joints of the stem, carp, “obliquely acuminated ■striated 
in a globose head,” floating 1. stalked oblong obtuse, radical 1. 
(leafless petioles) linear-tapering sessile. — E. B. 773. R. vii. t. 54. 
— St. slender, floating, the few lowest joints rooting at the bot- 
