hydro char i daceæ, hydro char ideæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. hydro char is, gen it. hydrocharid (is); Lat. fem. adj. suff. -aceæ, -eœ.] Bot .: Hydro char ads; an order of endogens, all i ance Hydrales. It consists of floating or water plants; the leaves sometimes spiny; the flowers in a spathe; the sepals three, herbaceous; the petals three, petaloid or wanting; stamens epigynous, 2236 definite or indefinite; ovary one, six, eight, and nine-celled; ovules indefinite; fruit dry or succulent. They are found in this country, in Europe, Egypt, and Australia. Genera about twelve, species twenty or more.