Hottonia

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Read about Hottonia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Hottonia (Peter Hotton, 1648-1709, professor at Leyden). Primulaceae. Featherfoil. Two species of water plants, perennial, not very ornamental, but suitable for small aquaria. Plants rooting or floating, the sts. spongy and air- bearing, the peduncles hollow and erect: lvs. submersed and dissected, passing into entire narrow whorled bracts: fls. white or purplish, whorled and racemose, emersed; corolla salverform, with 5-parted limb; ovary free: fr. a globular more or less 5 valved many-seeded caps.—The European species is procurable from dealers in aquatics; the American can be gathered in shallow, stagnant ponds from Mass, to W. N. Y. and south to Fla. and La. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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