Elements of Botany, Plate 28

From Elements of Botany:

"Sagittaria sagittifolia, or Common Arrow-head. This is a very common plant in many parts of North-America, as well as in Europe and Asia.--A. A portion of the root and the commencement of the leaves. Beside this root, there is always a bulb at the lower part of the root, growing in the solid earth, beneath the mud of the place in which the plant grows. This bulb, when boiled or roasted, is agreeable food, and the plant is ultivated by the Chinese.--B. The scape (scapus). b. Bractes (bractæ). C. D. Petioles supporting the sagittate leaf (folium sagittatum). E. One of the female flowers in perfection, exhibiting the three-petalled corolla (corolla tripetala), and the styles. F. A female flower after the removal of the petals, exhibiting the three-leaved perianth (perianthium triphyllum), and the styles. f. A back view of a female flower. G. G. G. The perfect male flowers, exhibiting the three petals, and the many anthers. I. A back view of a male flower. H. One of the male flowers, not yet opened."