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The Floral King. 31
which laid the foundation of his future world-
renown.
In his famous work, the Sfonsalia Plantarium, or
the “floral nuptials,” he says, ‘‘A great number
of the plants lie with their stems concealed in the
water, but when the time for propagation approaches
they float to the surface with their flowers; thus
Nymphae, Hydrocharis, Potamogeton, Persicaria Am-
pmbia, Others, again, are hidden in the water with
all their parts, as Myriophyllum, Stratiotes, Ranunculli,
and most of the Potamogetenes, but during their
efflorescence they all show their spike of flowers,
which when the seeding is effected again are pulled
down.”
Another curious and beautiful quality possessed
by the aquatic plant Vallisneria is thus described.
‘* Vallisneria (Mich.) possesses a rather long stem,
but spirally contracted so that it appears very short.
This grows in dykes and brooks under the water,
and the stem has only one single flower. When
blooming time comes the stem straightens itself
until the calyx has reached above the surface of
the water; when this has taken place the flower
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