216 1 54?. Sagittaria. 22. ALISM&CEiE. Pl.end.ph. 
Sagittaria aquatica. Water arrowhead. 
Leaves lanceolate, pointed, sagittate; lobes lanceolate, 
straight ; scape simple. 
Sagitta, Raii Syn. 258, 1. 
Sagitta major et minor, Ger. e m. 416, 1 and 2. 
Sagitta minor lalifolia, Park. 1247. 
Sagittaria sagittsefolia, Lin. S. P. 1410. 
Watery places; perennial ; July and August. 
First leaves strapshape, sunk; the succeeding sagittate, 
. reticulately veined ; scape 6-angled ; flowers 3 in a whorl; 
bracteoe ovate ; male flowers with 1 to 6 styles. — Tiller nutri- 
tive, eaten by the Chinese, by whom the plant is cultivated 
in watery places. 
minor. Plant much smaller. 
Sagitta aquatica omnium minima, Raii Syn. 258,2. 
II. 155. ALISMA. Cordus. Water-plantain . 
Perigonium 6-sepaled ; stamens 6 ; ovaries many, inde- 
finite ; etarion roundish : ca mares 1 -seeded, distinct. — Root 
fibrous ; leaves ovate or lanceolate, curved-ribbed ; flowers 
umbelled or panicled; branches in threes, verticillate. 
1. Alisma major. Great water-plantain. 
Leaves ovate, acute, 7-ribbed ; etarion depressed; camares 
verticillate, obtusely 3-sided. 
Plantago aquatica, Raii Syn. 257, 1. 
Plantago aquatica major, Ger. em. 417, 1 ; Park. 1245. 
Alisma Plantago aquatica, Lin. S. P. 486. 
Plantaginoides seu Plantago aquatica, Knaut Comp. 156. 
Alisma Plantago, Smith FI. Brit. 400. 
Watery places and river-sides ; perennial; July. 
Scape 4 feet high, 3-sided, upright ; panicle verticillately 
branched ; flowers blueish white. — Tubers farinaceous, much 
recommended in hydrophobia, juice used for drying up the 
milk in breasts. 
$. lanceolata. Leaves strapshaped. 
Plantago aquatica longifolia, Raii Syn. 257, 1*. 
Alisma lanceolata, With. Bot. Arr. 362. 
Narrow-leafed water -plantain. 
2. Alisma natans. Floating water-plantain . 
Leaves elliptical, obtuse; peduncles single; etarion de* 
pressed ; camares verticillate, compressed, streaked. 
Pamasonium repens, Vaillant. Mem, Ac. Sc, 1719. 
Alisma natans, Lin. S. P. 487. 
