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ALPS M A* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. HEXA'NDRiA,f Polygy'nia. 
Natural Order. Alisma'ce.f: Dr. R. Brawn. — Lindl. Syn. 
p. 253. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 253. — Rich, by Macgilliv. 
p. 399. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 536. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 271. — 
Hook. Brit. FI. (4th edit.) p. 421. — Liliales; sect. Alismin-e ; 
type, Alismace.«; Burn.Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 418, 422, & 423. — 
Junci, sect. 3. Juss. Gen. PI. pp. 43 & 46. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 
72. — Tripetaloidea?, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (see figs. 1 & 2.) inferior, of 3 egg-shaped, 
concave, permanent sepals. Corolla (see fig. 2.) of 3, roundish, 
fiat, widely spreading, deciduous petals, much larger than the sepals, 
and alternate with them. Filaments (fig. 3.) 6, awl-shaped, shorter 
than the corolla. Anthers roundish. Germens (see figs. 1 & 4.) 
superior, more than 5, ranged variously, tumid or compressed. 
Styles (see fig. 4.) simple, slender, oblique. Stigmas blunt. Cap- 
sules (fig. 5.) as many as the germens, clustered, distinct, indehis- 
cent, 1 -seeded. Seeds with a much incurved embryo (fig. 7). 
Distinguished from other genera, in the same class and order, 
by the calyx of 3 sepals ; the corolla of 3 petals ; the many, clus- 
tered, distinct, indehiscent, 1-seeded capsules; and the much 
incurved embryo. 
Three species British. 
ALPSMA PLANTA'GO. Great Water-Plantain. Broad Water- 
Plantain. Greater Thrum-wort. 
Spec. Char Leaves egg-shaped, acute. Fruit depressed. 
Capsules bluntly triangular. 
Engl. Bot. t. 837. — Curt. FI. Loud. t. 318. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 480. — Iluds FI. 
Angl. (2nd ed. ) p. 158. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. ii. pt. I. p. 276. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 
400. ; Kngl. FI. v. ii. p. 203. — Lindl. Syn. p. 253. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 172. — 
Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 222. — Liglitf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 193. — Sihtli. FI. Oxon. p. 
120. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 83. — Davies' Welsh Bot. p. 36. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. 
p. 188. — Relh. FI. Cantab. (3rd edit. ) p. 152. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 114. — Grev. FI. 
Edin. p. 85. — FI. Devon, pp. 66 Sc 127. — Johnst. FI. Berw. v. i. p. 84. — Winch’s 
FI. of Northumb. and Durham, p. 24. — Burnett’s Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 423 and 
424, with a figure.— Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 105. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 47. — Dick. 
FI. Abred. p. 35. — Irv. Loud. FI. p. 107. — Luxf. Rcig. FI. p. 32. — Cow. FI. Guide, 
p. 19. — Mack. Catal. PI. Irel. p. 35. ; FI. Hibern. p. 271. — Alisma major, Gray’s 
Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 216. — Plantago aquatica, Ray’s Syn. p. 257. — Plantago 
aquatica major, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 417. 
Localities. — I n ponds, watery ditches, and margins of rivers ; common. 
Perennial. — Flowers in July, August, and September. 
Root fibrous. Leaves all radical, egg-shaped, pointed, smooth, 
quite entire, slightly ribbed, sometimes a little waved at the margin. 
Petioles ( leafstalks ) very long, upright, semicylindrical, with 2 
Fig. 1. Calyx and Pistils. — Fig. 2. Calyx and Corolla. — Fig. 3. Stamens and 
Pistils. — Fig. 4. Germens, Styles, and Stigmas. — Fig. 5. Capsules or Fruit. — Fig. 6. 
A single Capsule. — Fig. 7. Seed, highly magnified. 
* From alis, water, in Celtic. The genus is altogether aquatic. Hooker. 
t See folio 33, note t. X See folio 109, a. 
