. Foundations of botany. ifolia, Willd. Broad-leaved Arrow-head. Leaves very variable in size and shape, from broadly-sagittate to linear; those growing on the drier soil being usually thebroader; petioles 6-30 in. long. Scape smooth or slightly downy,6-36 in. high; bracts acute. Flowers monoecious or sometimesdioecious, white, 1 in. or more in width; pedicels of the staminateflowers twice the length of those of the fertile flowers. Filamentslong, smooth, and slender. Akenes with beak nearly and muddy places.* 2. S. graminea, Michx. Grass-leaved Sagittaria. Leaveslong-petiol
. Foundations of botany. ifolia, Willd. Broad-leaved Arrow-head. Leaves very variable in size and shape, from broadly-sagittate to linear; those growing on the drier soil being usually thebroader; petioles 6-30 in. long. Scape smooth or slightly downy,6-36 in. high; bracts acute. Flowers monoecious or sometimesdioecious, white, 1 in. or more in width; pedicels of the staminateflowers twice the length of those of the fertile flowers. Filamentslong, smooth, and slender. Akenes with beak nearly and muddy places.* 2. S. graminea, Michx. Grass-leaved Sagittaria. Leaveslong-petioled, lanceolate, or elliptical, and acute at each end, 3-5-nerved, or often linear, the earlieroften reduced to flattened slender, usually longer thanthe leaves, simple, weak, often pros-trate in fruit; bracts small, ovate,connate at the base. Flowers monoe-cious or dioecious, on long, thread-like pedicels, about ^ in. 10-20, filaments nearly beakless. In ditchesand shallow pools.*.
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