. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 464 PONTEDERIACEAE. Vol. I. 2. Heteranthera peduncularis Benth. Blue Mud Plantain. Fig. 1163. Heteranthera peduncularis Benth. PI. Hartw. 25. 1840. Stem stout, creeping on the mud or floating, root- ing at the nodes, much branched, often 1° long or longer. Leaves long-petioled, the blades ovate to subreniform, 24' long or less, acute, obtuse or cus- pidate at t
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 464 PONTEDERIACEAE. Vol. I. 2. Heteranthera peduncularis Benth. Blue Mud Plantain. Fig. 1163. Heteranthera peduncularis Benth. PI. Hartw. 25. 1840. Stem stout, creeping on the mud or floating, root- ing at the nodes, much branched, often 1° long or longer. Leaves long-petioled, the blades ovate to subreniform, 24' long or less, acute, obtuse or cus- pidate at the apex, cordate at the base; spathe sev- eral-flowered, the inflorescence much exserted; flowers blue; perianth-tube nearly 5" long, straight or nearly so, the lobes much shorter than the tube; filaments slender, one of them longer than the other two; anthers basifixed, sagittate; fruit narrowly ob- long, about 5" long. Ponds, Nebraska(?), Missouri and Kansas to Mexico. 3. Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. Mud Plantain. Fig. 1164. Smaller. 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 Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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