2 cxxxv. hydrocharideje. [Enhydrias. 
Calyx-lobes lanceolate acute, 3. Corolla lobes much longer linear 
white. Stamens 3 adnate to mouth of tube; anthers linear; 
styles 3, shorter than stamens. Fruit narrow, flat, i-celled. Seeds 
numerous, fusiform papillose. Species 1, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, 
Cochin-China, Siam. 
(i) E. angustipetala Ridl., Journ. Bot. 1890, p. 99; Mat. i. 4. 
Stem 6 to 24 in. long, submerged. Leaves olive-green or dull 
red, 2 in. long, -05 in. wide, minutely toothed. Spathe 1 in. long, 
tip bifid, flattened. Perianth-tube 1-5 in. long above; spathe 
pinkish white. Sepals *12 in. long. Petals over ’25 in. long, white. 
Fruit 1 in. long, thin-walled. Seeds about 14, fusiform with 3 rows 
Fig. 160. — Enhydrias angustipetala. 
of blunt processes. Hub. Common in ponds and ditches, often in 
immense masses. Singapore: Garden Lake; Chua Chu Kang. 
Malacca (Griffith). Merlimau (Derry). Pahang, Pekan. Dindings. 
Perak, Kinta (Ivunstler). 
var. latifolia. Leaves 1-5 in. long, -12 in. wide. Perak, Chankat 
Serdang (Wray). 
3 . BLYXA, Du Petit Thouars. 
Submerged stemless stoloniferous herbs. Leaves linear acute 
crowded, scapes long or short. Flowers uni- or bi-sexual, enclosed 
in a tubular flattened spathe. Male flowers several in a spathe, 
bisexual. Female solitary. Sepals 3, linear. Petals 3, longer 
linear. Stamens 3 to 9. Style short; stigmas 3, filiform. Fruit 
very slender, many-seeded. Seeds oblong, tubercled. Species 
about 4, Old World tropics. 
