220 160. Hydr. 25. HYDROCHARIDEiE. PLcnd.pL 
I. 160. HYDRO CHARIS. Linnaeus. Frog-lit. 
Dioicous. — - Male. Spathe 2-parted, 3-flowered; peri- 
gonium petaloid, 6-sepaled ; 3 inner sepales largest ; sta- 
mens 9, in 3 series, on a barren ovary.— Female. Spathe 0; 
perigonium petaloid, 6-sepaled, adherent to the ovary; 
styles 6 ; stigmata acute, 2 cut ; pericarpium leatherlike, 
rounded, 6-celled, many-seeded. — Herb floating, knotted, 
stoloniferous ; knots leaf and flower-bearing; leaves p etio- 
late, in bundles, roundish ; foliation involute ; flowers 
whitish. 
Hydrocharis asarifolia . Asarum-leafed froglit . 
Stratiotes foliis asari, semine rotund o, Rail Syn. 290, 1.’ 
Morsus ranae, Ger. em. 818. 
Nymphaea alba minima, sen. Morsus ranae, Park. 1252. 
Hydrocharis Morsus ranae, Lin, S. P. 1466. 
Frog-bit. Least water-lily. 
Ditches and stagnant waters : perennial ; July. 
Leaves floating, kidneyshape ; flowers white, footstalked. 
$. odoratissima. Flowers double, very odoriferous. 
Morsus ranae flore pleno odoratissimo, Raii Cat. Cant. 101. 
II. 161. STRATIOTES. Dioscorides. Water-soldier. 
Spathe compressed, persisting, deeply 2-parted, carinate, 
1 -flowered; perigonium adherent, 6-sepaled; sepales sol- 
dered at the base; 3 outer sepales smaller, greenish; 3 inner 
larger, coloured; stamens 10 to 20, on the edge of the ovary ; 
styles 6, 2-cut ; pericarpium 6-sided, attenuated, fleshy, 
6-celled ; cells divided by a double membrane filled with 
pulp ; seeds many, rather angular, parietal ; spermodermis 
simple, membranaceous.- — Herb floating, soboliferous; leaves 
sheathing, crowded, radical, vascular, angular; scape axil- 
lary, 1 -flowered ; flowers often abortive, or dioicous. 
Stratiotes aloides . Aloe water-soldier . 
Leaves swordshape, triangular ; edge serrate with carti- 
laginous teeth. 
Stratiotes foliis aloes, semine longo, Raii Syn, 290, 1. 
Militaris aizoides, Ger. em. 825. 
Stratiotes sive Militaris aizoides, Park. 1249. 
Stratiotes aloides, Lin. S. P. 1 54. 
Water sengreen. Freshwater soldier. Water aloe. 
Ditches and stagnant water ; perennial; July. 
Leaves brittle, blackish green ; scape 2-edged, serrated ; 
flowers white. 
