. The Encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. rne on long, thin stalks above the water, and arcoften heart- or arrow-shaped at the base. The flower-bearingstem is tall; the flowers are borne in whorls on the axis as inarrow-head, on whorled branchlets as in water plantain or inan umbel as in Butomus (fig. i). The flowers are regular andrather showy, generally with three greenish sepals, followed inregular succession by three white or purplish petals. si.\ toindefinite stamens and six to indefinite free carpels. The floral 672 ALISON arrangem
. The Encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. rne on long, thin stalks above the water, and arcoften heart- or arrow-shaped at the base. The flower-bearingstem is tall; the flowers are borne in whorls on the axis as inarrow-head, on whorled branchlets as in water plantain or inan umbel as in Butomus (fig. i). The flowers are regular andrather showy, generally with three greenish sepals, followed inregular succession by three white or purplish petals. si.\ toindefinite stamens and six to indefinite free carpels. The floral 672 ALISON arrangement thus recalls that of a buttercup, a resemblancewhich extends to the fruit, which is a head of achenes or flowers contain honey, and attract flies, short-lipped bees orother small insects by the agency of which pollination is fruit of Buiomus is of interest in having the seeds borneover the inner face of the wall of the leathery pod (follicle).Damasonium derives its popular name, star-fruit, from the fruitsspreading when ripe in the form of a star. It is a western. Fig. 2.—Water Plantain {Aiisma Plantago). Plant about 3 ft. , Flower; 2, same in vertical section; 3, horizontal plan of flower;4, mature fruit. Mediterranean plant which spreads to the south of England,where it is sometimes found in gravelly ditches and pools. Theorder contains about fifty species in fourteen genera, and iswidely distributed in temperate and warm zones. Alis7naPlantago (fig. 2), a common plant in Britain (except in the north)in ditches and edges of streams, is widely distributed in the northtemperate zone, and is found in the Himalayas, on the mountainsof tropical Africa and in Australia. ALISON, ARCHIBALD (i757-1830), Scottish author, son ofPatrick Alison, provost of Edinburgh, was born on the 13th ofNovember 1757 at Edinburgh. After studying at the universityof Glasgow and at BaUiol College, Oxford, he took orders in theChurch of England, and was appointed in
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