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with carmine beneath the disk, the disk carmine; fruit ovoid, slightly constricted 
above, about 22 mm. high and 10 mm. in diameter, rather strongly and coarsely ribbed; 
disk when mature about 11 mm. in diameter, orbicular, its edge undulate; stigma rays 
8 to 13, usually 10 to 12, linear, 3 mm. long, extending almost to the edge of the disk, 
distinct, with no trace of a median line, the center deeply depressed, smooth; fruit 
when mature dark purplish brown; seeds ovoid, 2.5 to 3mm. long, 1.5 to 2 mm. in 
diameter, light brown, shining. (Pxate 36, B, facing p. 73. Ficures 5, 6, 7, 6.) 
Specimens examined: 
In formalin— 
CANADA: Ottawa, 1901, Fletcher. 
New Hampsuire: Cambridge River near Lake Umbagog, 1905, W. C. Kendall. 
New York: Smiths Pond; Gray, 1901, J. Perkins; Blind Bay near Fishers Land- 
ing, Jefferson County, 1902, Mazon; Thousand Island Park, 1902, Maxon; 
Lake Champlain, 1901, Eggleston. 
WISCONSIN: West Superior, 1902, Charles Bullard. 
Dry— 
Canapa: Danville, Quebec, 1894, Berg (C.); near Pictou, Nova Scotia, 1901, 
Howe & Lang 610 (N. Y.); Red Pine Lake, 1900, Macoun 23261 and 23262 
(N. Y.); Whites Lake, 1900, Macoun 21698 (N. Y.); Brigham Creek, Ottawa 
River, 1882, Fletcher; Ottawa, 1902, Fletcher; St. Francis River, Quebec, 
Eggleston 3010. 
Maine: Androscoggin River, Auburn, 1896, Merrill 4430 (N. E.); Birch Brook, 
north end of Cross Lake, Eagle Lake Chain, Aroostook County, 1903, W. C. 
Kendall; Hartford, 1886, Parlin (Gray); Milford, 1892, Fernald (Gray); Valley 
of the St. Francis River, Aroostook County, 1902, Eggleston & Fernald (N.E.); 
Mattawamkeag Lake, Aroostook County, 1897, Fernald (N. E.); Bradley, 
1890, Fernald (N. E.). 
New Hampsutre: Gilmore Pond, Jaffrey, 1897, Robinson 263 (Gray). 
Vermont: Joes Pond, Danville, 1894 (C.); Lake Champlain, Ferrisburg, 1879, 
Brainerd (C.); Burlington, 1878, Pringle (N. Y.); Manchester, 1898, M. A. 
Day (Gray); Williamstown, 1881, L. & C. E. Faxon (Gray); Lake Champlain, 
1873, H. G. Jesup (Gray); sluggish tributaries of Lake Champlain, 1879, 
Pringle. 
Massacnusetts: Woburn, 1909, Wim. Boott (Gray); Ashburnham, 1896, Sydney 
Harris (N. E.). 
New York: Wilmurt Lakes, Herkimer County, 1901, House; vicinity of Fishers 
Landing, Jefferson County, 1902, Robinson & Maxon 75; Carpenters Pond, 
Onondaga County, 1903, House; Troy, 1876, J. H. Wibbe (Greene); Raquette 
Lake, 1896 (C.); Troy, 1829, Doctor Atkin; Bronx River, Williams Bridge, 
1890, Bicknell (C.); ponds in the Adirondacks, 1884, Morong (N. Y.); West- 
chester County, Williams Bridge, Dr. 7. P. Allen (N. Y.); Smiths Pond, 
Herkimer County, 1855 (Gray); Gorham, Doctor Torrey. 
New Jersey: Barrack Creek, Burlington, Solomon Conrad (Phila.); Pompton 
Lake, Pompton, 1892, Morong (C.); Green Pond, Morris County, 1894, Wm. 
Van Sickle. 
PENNSYLVANIA: Pocono Plateau, Monroe County, 1893, Dr. & Mrs. Britton. 
WIscoNSIN: West Superior, 1902, Charles Bullard. 
Minnesota: Daniels Lake, 1891, #. F. Wolf; Vermilion, 1891, Sandberg 500. 
This species is so readily distinguishable from the other American members of the 
genus, and particularly from those which occupy the same general region, that no 
special comparisons are required. By many authors the plant has been regarded as a 
hybrid between Nymphaea americanaand N. microphylla. Itscharactersare for the most 
part intermediate between those of the two better-known plants. It shows a less degree 
