. Flowers of the field. Botany. MARE S-TAIL FAMILV- iSl herbs, with 2. MYRiorHVLLUM.âLeaves mostly wHoiied, pinnate ; sepals 4, superior : petals 4, ox absent ; staiiieits 2, 4, or 8, often in separ- ate flowers from the carpels, but on the same plant (mon:tcious) ; ea/pe/s 4, 3. Callitk/chk. â opposite, entire; sepa/s â pe/a/s absent ; sfaiiieii i ; earpe/s 4 (montecious). 1. Hifpi'-Ris (Mare's-tail).âGlabrous, aquatic erect, unbranched, leafy s/e//is : whorled, narrow, entire/caz'w .⢠minute, axillary, solitary Jloicers : forming a minute, indistinctly 2-lobed rim to the o
. Flowers of the field. Botany. MARE S-TAIL FAMILV- iSl herbs, with 2. MYRiorHVLLUM.âLeaves mostly wHoiied, pinnate ; sepals 4, superior : petals 4, ox absent ; staiiieits 2, 4, or 8, often in separ- ate flowers from the carpels, but on the same plant (mon:tcious) ; ea/pe/s 4, 3. Callitk/chk. â opposite, entire; sepa/s â pe/a/s absent ; sfaiiieii i ; earpe/s 4 (montecious). 1. Hifpi'-Ris (Mare's-tail).âGlabrous, aquatic erect, unbranched, leafy s/e//is : whorled, narrow, entire/caz'w .⢠minute, axillary, solitary Jloicers : forming a minute, indistinctly 2-lobed rim to the ovary; pefaLs al)sent; stainei! i ; caipel i, i-seeded ; fruit nut-like, indehiscent. (Name from the Greek hippas, a horse, oiira, a tail.) 1. // ''u/x'dris (("ommon IMare's-tail):â The only British species, a singular plant, with erect, unbranched, jointed stetiis, tapering to a point, bearing whorls of 6â10 narrow kafes with hard tips, and incoiispicuous floivers sessile in the axils of the upper leaves, and often without stamens.âNot uncommon in stagnant water. Not to be confounded with the genus EqiiiselKin (Horse-tail), a plant allied to the Ferns, Avhich also has a jointed stem and whorled, rigid leaves, but bears its fructification in terminal cones. â Fl. June, July. Perennial. 2. (Water Milfoil).-- Glabrous, submerged plants ; leaves mostly whorled and pinnately divided into numerous hair-like segments ; flowers small, solitary or in spikes, the lower often apetalous and pistil- hte, intermediate ones perfect, and the upper staminate, so that the inflorescence is poly- gamous ; sepals 4, rarely 2, united, superiof ; petals 4, 2, or absent: stamens generally 8, rarely 2 or 4; carpels 4, witli feathery styles ; fruit dividing into 4, nut-like, indehiscent, one-seeded cocci. (Name from the Greek murlos, countless, phulloii, a leaf, from its nitich-divided leaves.) I. J/, veriullldtum (AMiorled 'Water Milfoil).âRhizome creep- mg ; stems floatin
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