214 VII. XYMPH^ACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Nymph<sa. 





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long radical scapes. Sepals 4, adnata to the base of the disk. Petab^ 

 many series, inner successively transformed into stamens, all adnate to the 

 disk. Filaments petaloid ; anthers small, linear, slits introrse. Ovaries 

 manv in 1 series, sunk in the fleshy disk and with it forming a many- 



celled ovary i;iu»xxo^uj. tu^ ^^ul.<..^ la^iatiug ^"V^"'^^,"^^°^"rV ews 

 many anatropous. I^rmt a spongy berry ripenmg under water. oe«w 

 minute buried in pulp, enclosed in a sac-like fleshy aril. — Distrib. Species 

 20 * most temperate and tropical regions. 



1. N. albaf Linn, ; leaves cordate quite entire, flowers white, anthers 

 without appendages, stigmatic rays about 16 with cylindric appendages. 



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ILaSHMIH lake, Hit. OuUU It. x/iomii>. iiiuiu^ic, oiucrii*. - 



Leaves 5-10 in. diam., suborbiculate, lobes contiguous. Sepals linear or ovate-oblong, 

 nerves reticulate. Petals about 10, outer linear-obloiig, equalling the sepals.' J^^*^^ 

 •chinulate. Seeds minute, striate and punctate. . \, 



Var. Kashmiriana, H.f. & T. Ic. ; ovaries pubescent or villous. N. CacliemenaDa, 

 Camhess. in Jacq. Voy. But ii. t. 10; N. alba, var. Kosteletzkyi, Plancli^ in Ann. ^ 

 Nat. Sir. 3 xi^- ^^* — Kasbmir, Jacquemont. 



2. M. totus, Linn. ; leaves sharply sinuate-toothed, flowers white rase 

 or red sepals obtuse ribbed, anthers without appendages, stigmatic rays witu 

 clubbed appendages. H.f. <k T. Fl Ind. 241. N. rubra, Roxb. Fl Iw.}^ 

 676 \WJa. Prodr. 17 ; Wight III i. 1. 10 ; Wall. Cat 7255. N. Devomensi^* 

 Hook Pot. Mag. t. 4665. N. edulis, JJC; Jioxb. FL Ind. ii. 578; Wall tat. 



7254 



Common throughout the warmer parts of India.— Disteib. Africa, Hungary, 3&^h 

 Philippine Islands. ^ • . i,u In 



Leaves 6-^'^ in- brgad; yonng BRgittate. Flowers 2-10 in. broad, very vanaDie 

 colour. Sepals oblong, 5-10 ribbed. Petals linear or ovate-oblong. Filaments broaaij 

 dilated at the base ; pollen smooth. Seeds broadly ellipsoid, rough. .t 



Var pubescens, H. f. & T. Fl Ind. 241 ; leaves pubenilous or pubescent heneaiDT 

 flowers smaller. N. pubescens, WiUd.; W. & A, Prodr. 17 & 447 ; Wall Cat li^i 

 N. sagittuta, Edgew. in Trans, Linn. Soc. xx. 29. A^l 



3. N. stellata, WUld. ; leaves quite entire or obtusely sinuate-tooth^ 

 flowers variously coloured, petals acute or taper-pointed, anthers ^^*V^^ 



ipendag 



wanner parts of India. — Distrib. Africa. 



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Leaves orbicular or elliptic, ol'ten blotched with purple beneath, lobes acute or ^d^"^ ' 

 V)wers 1-10 in. diara., blue, white, rose, or purple, slightly odorous. Sepals f^V 



Flijwers 



oblong or lanceolate. Stamens 10-50; pellen smooth. Stigmatic rays 10-30. 



eubstriate. 



Seeds 



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Var. 1. cyanea, H. f. & T.l.c ; flowers medium-sized blue scarcely odorous— ' 

 anea. Boxb. Fl Ind. iii. 577 ; W. & A., Prodr. i. \1- Wall. Cat. 7253 A,V-/- 



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Stellata jS, Bot Mag. t. 2058 



Var 2 parvifiora, H.f. <k j.. i.e.; nowers usual 

 W.& A, Prodr. i. 17 ; Wall Cat 7253, C. & E. 



Var. 3. versicolor, H. /. & T. Ic. ; flowers larger white blue pnrpTe or 

 coloured stamens very many.— N. versicolor, Boxb. Hort. Bevg. 41 ; FL dnd.^J^' 

 Bot Mag. t. 1189;^ Walt Cat. 7257. N. punctata, JW^eu?. in Trans. Linn, fyoc. ^ 

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