HEXANDRIA, POLYGYNIA. 
ORDER IV. TETRAGYNIA. 
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182. SAURURUS. Gen. pi. 632. (JVajades.) 
Flowers in an ament, or crowded spike, scales 
1 -flowered. Corolla none. Filaments and 
anthers adnate. Capsules 4, each 1 or 
rarely 3- seeded, not opening. — JSTutt. 
1. S. stem leafy, many-spiked, leaves saggittate- 
cordate. — Willd. 
Anonymos aquatica, Walt. 
Mattusclikea aquatica, Gmel. 
Icon. Pink. aim. t. 117. f. 3 & 4. 
JVodding Lizard’ s-tail. Water-lilies. 
A subaquatic, branching and leafy plant, with drooping 
spikes of white sweet-scented flowers. On the margins of 
ditches, creeks and rivers, in situations generally where the 
water reaches it ; common. Perennial. August, September. 
ORDER VI. POLYGYNIA. 
183. ALISMA. Gen. pi. 625. (^Jmci.) 
Calix 3-leaved. Petals 3. Capsules many, 
1 -seeded, not opening. 
1. A. leaves oval-cordate, very obtuse, 9-nerved; 
flowers in verticillate panicles; fruit obtusely 
3-angled. — Furslu 
A, trivialis, Pursh. 
Water Flantane. 
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This plant varies much in size, frequently flowering when 
only six or eight inches high, and often attains an elevation 
of two feet In ditches, plashes and rivulets, common. Pe- 
rennial. July. 
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