34:0 98. Limnanthes. 27. GENTIANJE. PL ex. cor. 
B. Menvanthf;e. Leaves alternate, mostly toothed, or 
ternate; aestivation inflected. 
VIII. 98. LIMNANTHES. Stokes. Water-rose. 
Calyx 5-parted ; corolla rotate, limb spreading, 5-parted ; 
edge of the lobes ciliated, base bearded; stamens 5 ; style 
short; stigma 2-lobed, lobes crenate; glands 5, hypogy- 
nous, alternating with the stamens; capsule compressed, 
1 -celled, valveless, suture seedbearing, in 2 rows; seeds 
compressed, edge winged ; wings fringed.— Her b floating ; 
leaves alternate, peltate, rough underneath ; petiole dilated 
at the base, rather sheathing; flowers yellow, axillary, in 
bundles; peduncles 1 -flowered. 
Limnantiies peltata . Shield-leaf water-rose. 
Leaves heartshape orbicular ; edge not cut. 
Nymphaea lutea minor, flore fimbriato, Rail Syn. 368,2, 
Nymphraa lutea minima, Ger. em. 820, 5. 
Nymphasa lutea minor, Park. 1252. 
Menyanthes nymphoides, Lin. S. P. 207. 
Limnanthemum peltatum, Gmel.Act. Petr. 1769,527. 
Waldschmidia nymphoides, Wigg. Fl.Holsat. 20. 
Villarsia nymphoides, Ventenat. 
Menyanthes natans, Lamarck FI. Fr. 203. 
Menyanthes nymphaeoides, Engl. Bot. 217. 
Limnanthes nymphoides, Stokes Bot. Med. Mat. 300. 
Fringed buckbean. Less yellow water-lily. Dwarf water-lily. 
Ditches and slow streams; perennial; July and August 
Stem very long; leaves dark green, sometimes spotted. 
IX. 99. MENYANTHES. Dioscorides. Buckbean. 
Calyx 5-parted ; corolla funnel-shape ; inside densely 
villous ; limb spreading, bent back, 5-lobed ; edge not cut ; 
stamens 5: style 1, exserted; stigma capitate, 2 cut; cap- 
sule 1 -celled, 2-valved ; seeds ovate, compressed, shining. — 
Leaves ternate, petioled; base of the petiole dilated, rather 
sheathing; scape many-flowered; flowers spiked; bractea I 
at the base of each peduncle. 
Menyanthes palustris . Marsh buckbean. 
Menyanthes palustre, triphyllum latifolium et angustifolium, Raii Syn. 
285, l. 
Trifolium paludosum, Ger. em.1194; Park. 1212. 
Menyanthes trifoliata, Lin. S. P. 208. 
Marsh clover. Marsh trefoil. 
Watery places and spongy bogs; perennial ; June, July. 
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