. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. A roidcYc—A rum. 463 these A. Bracunculus, syn. Bracunculus vulgaris, is perhaps the best known. It grows from 2 to 3 feet high, with the petiolate leaves pedately divided into five lanceolate segments. The stem and petioles are covered with dark purplish blotches. Spathe green outside and purplish within. South Europe. Okdee III. HYDROCHARIDACE^ A smal
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. A roidcYc—A rum. 463 these A. Bracunculus, syn. Bracunculus vulgaris, is perhaps the best known. It grows from 2 to 3 feet high, with the petiolate leaves pedately divided into five lanceolate segments. The stem and petioles are covered with dark purplish blotches. Spathe green outside and purplish within. South Europe. Okdee III. HYDROCHARIDACE^ A small order of aquatic herbs with erect floating or immersed leaves. Uni- sexual flowers pedunculate, emerging from a small spathe. Perianth of 6 seg- ments, the inner 3 usually larger and coloured. Sta- mens three or more. Fruit inferior, submerged, 1- to 6-celled, dry or succulent. There are two native species of some interest, namely,i?i/- drocharis Morsus - lianw, Frog-bit, and Stratiotes aloldes, Water Soldier. The former is a floating herb with orbicular leaves and white flowers, male and female similar, with the in- ner segments of the perianth larger and crumpled. The latter is a submerged stoloniferous plant with radical long narrow toothed leaves, solitary female and clustered male flowers. Confined in Britain to Eastern Eng- Fig. 224. Typha latifuHa. <Al)Out ^5 nat. size.). 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 Hemsley, W. Botting (William Botting), 1843-1924; Decaisne, J. (Joseph) Manuel de l'amateur des jardins. Boston, Estes & Lauriat
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