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Water-Plantain

Alisma Plantago. Water-plantain Family.

Scape.--One to three feet high; bearing the flowers in whorled, panicled branches. Leave.--From the root; oblong, lance-shaped or linear, mostly rounded or heart-shaped at base. Flowers.--White or pale pink; small; in large, loose clusters which branch from the scape. Calyx.--Of these sepals. Corolla.--Of three petals. Stamens.--Usually six. Pistils.--Many, on a flattened receptacle.

The water-plantain is nearly related to the arrow-head, and is often found blossoming with it in marshy places or shallow water.