. Flowers of the field. Botany. An.\charis Alsinastrum HYDROCnARIS (Frog-bit) 1. Hydrochaeis (Frog-bit).—Stamens and pistils on different plants ; stamens 9-12 ; ovary 6-cellcd ; stigmas 6. (Name from the Greek, hydor, water, and charis, elegance, the plants being showy aquatics.) 2. Stratiotes (Water-soldier).—Stamens and pistils on different ])lants ; stamens about 12, surrounded by many imperfect ones ; ovary 6-celIed ; stigmas 6. (Name, the Greek for a soldier, from its rigid, prickly, sword-shaped leaves.) I. Hydrocharis (Frog-bit) I. H. Morstis-rancB (Frog-bit).—The only Bri

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. Flowers of the field. Botany. An.\charis Alsinastrum HYDROCnARIS (Frog-bit) 1. Hydrochaeis (Frog-bit).—Stamens and pistils on different plants ; stamens 9-12 ; ovary 6-cellcd ; stigmas 6. (Name from the Greek, hydor, water, and charis, elegance, the plants being showy aquatics.) 2. Stratiotes (Water-soldier).—Stamens and pistils on different ])lants ; stamens about 12, surrounded by many imperfect ones ; ovary 6-celIed ; stigmas 6. (Name, the Greek for a soldier, from its rigid, prickly, sword-shaped leaves.) I. Hydrocharis (Frog-bit) I. H. Morstis-rancB (Frog-bit).—The only British species. A floating aquatic, with creeping stems, roundish stalked leaves, and delicate white flowers, which grow 2 or 3 together from a pellucid 2-leaved sheath. Ponds and ditches ; not general.—Fl. July, August. Perennial,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London, G. Routledge

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