Cape-pondweed, Aponogeton distachyos. Broad-leaved aponogeton, Aponogeton distachyon. From the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, by Scottish plant hunter Francis Masson. Copperplate engraving drawn, engraved and hand-coloured by Henry Andrews from his Botanical Register, Volume 5, self-published in Knightsbridge, London, 1803.

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