ALISMA

(from alis, the Celtic word for water). Water Plantain. S YN. Act i no carpus. O RD. Alismaceæ. A genus entirely composed of hardy aquatic species. Flowers three-petalled. Leaves parallel-veined. Increased by division or seeds. The latter should be sown in a pot immersed in water, filled with loam, peat, and sand, and the former root freely in a moist loamy soil. The British species are most easily grown. IMG:7081556231692414330_i_046.jpg: F IG . 56. A LISMA NATANS .