An illustrated flora of the 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 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 76 CABOMBACEAE. I. CABOMBA Aubl. PI. Guian. i: 321. 1775. Stems slender, coated with gelatinous matter, branching. Leaves petioled, peltate, the floating ones small, entire; submerged ones opposite, palmately dissected into numerous capillary segments. Flowers small, white or yellow. Sepals and petals 3. Stamens 3
An illustrated flora of the 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 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 76 CABOMBACEAE. I. CABOMBA Aubl. PI. Guian. i: 321. 1775. Stems slender, coated with gelatinous matter, branching. Leaves petioled, peltate, the floating ones small, entire; submerged ones opposite, palmately dissected into numerous capillary segments. Flowers small, white or yellow. Sepals and petals 3. Stamens 3-6; filaments slender; anthers ex- trorse. Carpels 2-4. Stigmas small, terminal; ovules com- monly 3, pendulous. Fruit coriaceous, indehiscent, about 3- seeded. [Guiana name.] ;r parts of America. I. Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray. Cabomba. Caro- lina Water-shield. Fig. J835. Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 4: 47. 1837. Stem several feet long, branching. Submerged leaves op- posite or sometimes verticillate, petioled, 1-2' broad, cen- trally peltate, repeatedly divided; floating ones alternate or opposite, linear-oblong, 6'-io' long; flowers long-peduncled from the upper axils, 6'-8' wide, white, or yellow at base within; petals obovate; ripened carpels 3, separate, flask- shaped. In ponds and slow streams, Missouri and Illinois to North Caro- lina, south to Florida and Texas. May-Aug. 2. BRASENIA Schreb. Gen. PI. 372. 1789. Stem slender, several feet long, branching, covered with gelatinous matter as are the petioles, peduncles and lower leaf-surfaces. Leaves alternate, oval, entire, 2'-4' long, long- petioled, centrally peltate, floating, palmately veined. Flowers axillary, purple. Sepals and linear petals 3. Stamens 12-18; filaments filiform. Carpels 4-18, separate. Ovules 2 or J, pendulous from the dorsal suture. Ripe carpels indehiscent, coriaceous, 1-2-seeded. [Name unexplained.] A monotypic genus of continental North Amer- ica, Cuba, eastern and tropical Asia,
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