See also:

• ALISMACEAE (from the Gr. a us,aa, a water-plant.mentioned by Dioscorides)

ALISMACEAE (from the Gr. a us,aa, a See also:

• WATER

water-plant.mentioned by Dioscorides)  , in See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, a natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of monocotyledons belonging to the See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series Helobieae, and represented in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain by the See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• PLANTAIN (Lat. plantago)

plantain, Alisma Plantago, the arrow-See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, Sagittaria, the See also:

• STAR

star-See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, Damasonium, and flowering See also:

• RUSH
• RUSH, BENJAMIN (1745–1813)
• RUSH, RICHARD (1780–1859)

rush, Butomus (from the Gr . (3ous, ox, 'riAveW, to cut, in allusion to leaves cutting the See also:

• TONGUES, GIFT OF, or GLOSSOLALIA (yXwova, tongue, aXeiv, speak)

tongues of oxen feeding on them) . They are See also:

• MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a place full of "meres" or pools; cf. Ger. Meer, sea, Lat. mare)
• MARSH, ADAM (ADAM DE MARISCO) (d. c. 1258)
• MARSH, GEORGE PERKINS (1801-1882)
• MARSH, HERBERT (1757–1839)
• MARSH, NARCISSUS (1638-1713)
• MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES (1831-1899)

marsh- or water-See also:

• PLANTS

plants with generally a stout See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem (rhizome) creeping in the mud, See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical leaves and a large, much branched inflorescence . The leaves show a See also:

• GREAT

great variety in shape, often on the same plant, according to their position in, on or above the water . The submerged leaves are See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and grass-like, the floating leaves oblong or rounded, while the aerial leaves are See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne on long, thin stalks above the water, and are often See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart- or arrow-shaped at the See also:

• BASE

base . The See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower-bearing stem is tall; the See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are borne in whorls on the See also:

• AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis as in arrow-head, on whorled branchlets as in water plantain or in an umbel as in Butomus (fig . 1) . The flowers are See also:

• REGULAR

regular and rather showy, generally with three greenish sepals, followed in regular See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession by three See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white or purplish petals, six to indefinite stamens and six to indefinite See also:

• FREE

free carpels . The floral arrangement thus recalls that of a See also:

• BUTTERCUP

buttercup, a resemblance which extends to the fruit, which is a head of achenes or follicles . The flowers contain See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey, and attract flies, See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-lipped bees or other small See also:

• INSECTS

insects by the agency of which See also:

• POLLINATION

pollination is effected . The fruit of Butomus is of See also:

• INTEREST

interest in having the seeds borne over the inner See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of the See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall of the leathery pod (follicle) . Damasonium derives its popular name, star-fruit, from the fruits spreading when ripe in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a star .

It is a western S Mediterranean plant which spreads to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, where it is sometimes found in gravelly ditches and pools . The order contains about fifty See also:

• SPECIES

species in fourteen genera, and is widely distributed in temperate and warm zones . Alisma Plantago (fig . 2), a See also:

• COMMON

common plant in Britain (except in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north) in ditches and edges of streams, is widely distributed in the north temperate See also:

• ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone, and is found in the Himalayas, on the mountains of tropical See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa and in See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia .