Aponogeton monostachyon. A common plant of wide occurrence growing in tanks and ponds and more generally in shallow water. There is a tuberous root-stock sunk in mud and of the several leaves the lower are submerged and the upper ones are floating. The latter are of an oblong shape with considerable variations in size and the leaf stalks also vary much in length according to the depth of water. The flowers are small and pink (rarely white) and crowded into spikes which are raised conspicuously above the surface of water. There are two sepals and six stamens and the ovary is com- posed, of three parts.
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