
          as large as filberts. L. [graminea?]
(simplex) bears them also. But
another question here obtrudes
itself. Is this not the case with
all the perennial Sagittariae
and are there not some [Sagittar?]
annual? Is S. pusilla
and my S. calycina of which I
gave you a specimen 2 years ago
annual? This latter I
have found again this fall
but the [crossed out: ground] high water in
the summer, which also injured
Nympheae and [Nelumbiceae?]
seem to have prevented the plant
from growing (or germinating ?)
till late in summer; all the
plants that I could find _ and
there were hundreds of them _
were small, most of them with
laccicolate leaves or with [phyllodia?]
only, and with few, often only
with single flowers!
        