Limnobium

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 Limnobium subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Limnobium (living in pools, from the Greek). Hydrocharitaceae. American aquatic herbs, one of which is in the trade.

Stemless plants, spreading by means of runners, the large lvs. floating: monoecious, the fls. arising from spathes borne on the rootstock, the pistillate single from a spathe and the staminate 2—4 from a spathe, all with 6 white segms. or petals, the inner ones being very narrow; stamens in a column, bearing anthers at unequal heights; ovary with several (6-9) locules and as many stigmas, ripening into a many-seeded berry. As defined by some writers, the genus comprises a single species, L. Spongia; others unite with it the dioecious Hydromystria (incl. Trianea), 2 or 3 species of Trop. Amer.

L. stoloniferum, Griseb. (Hydromystria stolonifera, Mey. Trianea bogotensis. Karat.), is more sturdy in habit, of a lighter color—especially in winter—does not make such long runners, and forms more compact and attractive rosettes of lvs. Mex. to Paraguay; Trinidad.


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