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186 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR [Plate 62
stout, short, not thickened upwards. Spikes i-J in. long,
dense-flowered. Sepals elliptic-inversely egg-shaped, with
long claws. Druplets in. long, obliquely egg-shaped, hardly
keeled, slightly compressed, with a short, usually curved beak.
Flowers. July.
locality. Nil Nag, in lake, 6,900 ft.
Distribution. "W. Himalaya, Sind, W. Peninsula,
N. temperate regions, Australia.
Potamogeton crispus, Linn. Curled Pondweed.
Stem branched, compressed. Leaves 1-3 by 8-1 in -
all
submerged, half-stem-clasping, linear or linear-oblong, blunt,
with crisped and finely toothed margins, 3-nerved, translucent ;
stipules small, not persistent. Peduncle long, often curved,
tapering upwards. Flower-spike i-^ in. long, few-flowered,
flowers small. Sepals clawed, TT> in. long including the claw,
limb almost round. Druplets obliquely egg-shaped, -g in. long,
ended by a slightly bent back and compressed beak.
Flowers. June.
Locality. Anchar Lake.
Distribution. Plains of India and temperate Himalaya,
N. and S. temperate and subtropical regions.
Fig. 1. Potamogeton lucens, Linn. Shining Pondweed.
Stem stout, 3-6 ft. long. Plant shining and glistening.
Leaves large, more or less stalkless, translucent, transparent,
mainly submerged, oval, oblong or lance-shaped, linear, blunt,
wavy, finely toothed, many-nerved. Stipules winged or keeled
on the back, large and long. Flower-spikes stout, cylindrical,
dense. Flower-stalks varying in length, swollen upwards.
Fruit rounded on the back, keeled when fresh ;
the druplets
small and swollen, with a short blunt beak.
Flowers. June.
Fruits. July.
Locality. Anchar Lake
;
Nil Nag, in lake, 6,900 ft.
Distribution. From Kashmir, 5,000-6,000 ft., to Kumaon,
6,400 ft., N. temperate regions, Australia.
Pig. 2. Potamogeton pectinatus, Linn. Fennel-leafed
Pondweed.
Stem filiform, copiously forked-branching, forming with the
leaves tassel-like masses when taken out of the water. Leaves
all submerged, alternate, 1-6 by ^VxV i- narrowly linear or