"Pennywort" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... changing in many species, into nearly circular peltate forms, of which Victoria regia is a very good example, although its younger stages do not always excite all the interest they deserve. The Indian cress (Tropaeolum), the marsh pennywort or Hydrocotyle, and many other instances could be quoted. Sometimes the peltate leaves are not at all orbicular, but are elongated, oblong or elliptic, and with only the lobes [669] at the base united. The lemon-scented Eucalyptus ...
— Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation • Hugo DeVries |
