Syn. Elatine Hydropiper. Eng. Bot. 955. Sm. FI.
Brit. 1396,
E. hexandra. DeCand. PL Gall. Rar. 14. t. 4:3. f . 1.
Reichenb. Icon. cent. 5. 8. t. 413.
E. tripetala. Sm. Eng. FI. v. 2. 243.
Alsinastrum serpillifolium; flore roseo, tripetalo.
Vaill. Bot. Par. 5. t. 2. ƒ. 1.
Fig. 1. represents the seed of E. Hydropiper, and Fig. 2.
that of E. hexandra.
J. E. B o w m a n .
Mr. Borrer finds E. hexandra by the mill-dam at Tilgate,
near Crawley, Sussex, and observes that the flowers there
are usually on so short stalks as to appear sessile until
closely examined.—J. D. C. S.
