124 NYMPHIACE. 
China are literally covered with the plant, and exhibit a very 
shewy appearance when it is in flower, and the flowess are no less 
fragrant than handsome. It is the Pythagorean bean of the 
ancients, and has been regarded from the most remote periods as 
an emblem of fertility. Perhaps many species are confused under 
` N. spectosum. 
Shewy Nelumbium or Pythagorean Bean. 
Clt. 1787. Pl. fit. 
2 N. Ca’sricum (Fisch. in litt. D. C.1. c.) corolla polypeta- 
lous; anthers drawn out beyond the cells into a club-shaped 
appendage ; inner petals blunt, scarcely smaller than the outer 
ones. X.S. W. Native at the mouth of the river Volga near 
Astracan at that part of the river called T’schulpan, growing 
among reeds, Nympheas and Trapas. This plant hardly differs 
from the preceding, unless that the petals are all obtuse, with 
the inner scarcely smaller than the outer ones. 
Caspian Nelumbium. Fl.summer. Clt. 1817. PI. fit. 
3 N. ru teum (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1259.) corolla polypetalous ; 
anthers drawn out beyond the cells into a linear appendage. 
y.¥F.W. Native of North America in lakes and ponds in 
Virginia, Carolina, Florida and Louisiana, also near Philadelphia in 
the ditches and ponds of Brobston’s meadows. Turp. ann. mus. 
7. p. 210. t. 11. f£. 27. Nymphee'a nelimbo ĝ, Lin. spec. 730. 
Cyamus flavicémus, Sal. ann. bot. 2. p. 75. Cyamus lùteus, 
Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 25.—Swert. floril. 2. t. 22. f. 4. Very 
like N. speciosum in habit as well as character, but the flowers 
are smaller. Flowers yellow, resembling a double tulip. The 
seeds are very agreeable to eat, and eagerly sought after by 
children and Indians. By the latter it is supposed they were 
introduced to those ponds near Philadelphia, as there is no other 
instance known of their being found so far north. Walter men- 
tions his Nelumbo to have white flowers, but this variety has not 
been seen by any other person. 
Yellow Nelumbium. FI. July. 
Fl. in the summer. 
Cit. 1810. Pl. fit. 
t Species not sufficiently known. 
4 N. copopny’tium (Raf. fl. lud. p. 22. no. 64.) leaves to- 
mentose underneath. 2/.F.W. Native of lakes in Louisiana. 
Napoleone, Rob. trav. louis. 1. p. 355. 2. p. 322. and 441. ex 
Rafinisque. Flowers yellow, larger than those of N. liteum. 
Petals numerous, unequal. Seeds eatable. Leaves 2 feet in 
diameter, campanulate, entire, but look as if they were fringed 
on the margins. Scapes scabrous with acute tubercles. 
Bell-leaved Nelumbium. PI. fit. 
5 N. pentape’taLum (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1259.) flowers pen- 
tapetalous. 2. F.W. Native of North and South Carolina. 
Cyamus pentapétalus, Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 398. Nym- 
phe'a pentapétala, Walt. fl. carol. 155. Flowers large, white. 
Mr. Pursh saw a specimen of this doubtful plant in the posses- 
sion of a gentleman in Carolina, which ascertains its existence, 
but he unfortunately took no notes at the time, being in expect- 
ation of seeing the living plant. 
Five-petalled Nelumbium. Pl. fit. 
6 N.Jamaice nse (D.C. syst.2. p. 47.) 4%. S.W. Native 
of Jamaica in ponds. Nymphza with orbieular, rayed leaves, 
and obversely conical fruit, and large imbedded seeds. P. 
Browne, jam. 343. no. 2. N. speciosum y, Willd. spec. 2. p. 
1259. Nymphæ'a Nelimbo, Lunan. hort. jam. 2. p. 272. 
Flowers rose-coloured. 
Jamaica Nelumbium. Fl.? Cit. 1823. Pl. fit. 
Cult. The species of this beautiful aquatic genus should be 
grown in cisterns, tubs, or large pots in a rich loamy soil; they 
require a strong heat to flower in perfection. The cistern, pot, 
or tub should be kept full of water all the time the plants are 
growing, but may be allowed to get dry when the flowerin 
season is over. The plants may be increased by dividing the 
I. Nexumsium. IJ. EURYALE. 
HI. Barctaya. IV. Nympu#a. 
roots, but are obtained more readily from seeds, which vegetate 
freely (Swt. cult.). None of the species have flowered in this 
country except the N. specidsum ; they all require to be kept 
in a very warm situation in a stove. 
Tribe II. 
NYMPHÆ'EA. (D. C. syst. 2. p. 48. D. C. prod. p. 114.) 
Carpels numerous, many-seeded, inclosed within the enlarged 
torus (f. 36. c.). Stigmas radiated on the top of the berry-formed 
fruit (f. 36. d.). Seeds arillate, fixed to the sides of the carpels. 
Albumen mealy. 
II]. EURY‘ALE (Euryale, one of the Gorgons, alluding to 
the thorny menacing habit of the plant). . Sal. ann. bot. 2. p. 73. 
D.C. syst. 2. p. 48. prod. 1. p. 114. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Polygynia. Calyx of 4 sepals, in- 
serted in the torus and adhering to it. Petals 16-28, in 4-7 
series. Stamens numerous. Carpels 16-20. Fruit appearing 
half inferior from the sepals petals and stamens adhering half 
way up. An elegant aquatic, covered all over with prickles. 
Leaves peltate, large, orbicular. Flowers blueish-purple or 
violet, not so large as those of the commoner species of Nym- 
phe‘a. : , 
1 E. rE'Rox (Sal. ann. bot. 2. p. 73.) %.S. W. Native 
of the East Indies in the lakes called Gumtoe and Gogra; 
also in China in the province of Kianang and Nipaul. An- 
neslea spinòsa, Andr. bot. rep. t. 618. Petioles and calyxes 
hispid, with stiff prickles. Leaves large, scutate, about a foot 
in diameter. Carpels the size of a pea, inclosed within the torus. 
Trunk of: root esculent. 
Fierce Euryale. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1809. Pl. fit. 
Cult. This singular aquatic plant requires to be always kept 
in water in a hot-bed or stove; it will seed freely if some pollen 
be shaken on the stigmas when it is in bloom, which is the only 
method of increasing it. 
IHI. BARCLA'YA (in honour of Robert Barclay, F. L.S. 
of Bury Hill, Surrey, eminently distinguished for his love 0 
plants, and who has introduced numerous new plants to England, 
more particularly from Mexico and the Mauritius). Wall.m 
Linn. trans. vol. 15. p. 442. t. 18. | _ 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Polygynia. Calyx of 5 distinct 
sepals inserted beneath the ovary. Receptacle widened into 4 
globose ovary at the base, tubular and corollaceous at the ape% 
with the throat 8-10-lobed ; lobes unequal, connivent, dispose 
in 2-3 series. Stamens numerous, nodding, fixed to the inside 
of the tube of the torus, and inclosed within the same ; supero! 
ones sterile and branched. Anthers naked. Styles numerous 
radiating and inserted in the bottom of the tube, connate at the 
base. Berry fleshy, globose, many-celled, many-seeded, sur- 
rounded at the base by the permanent calyx and crowned by the 
permanent corolla. Seeds globose, beset with fleshy pristles, 
albuminose, inverted. A floating aquatic with appearance 0 
Potamogéton. Leaves thin, elongated, oblong, rather narrowest 
at the base, rather cordately-hastate and a little peltate at the 
base, feather-nerved, shining, rusty beneath and tomentose 
Scape 1-flowered, about equal in length to the slender petioles. 
Flowers erect, smooth, of a greenish-colour, scentless. This 
genus differs from Euryale in the calyx being absolutely hy- 
pogynous. 
1 B. roxcro ra (Wall. 1. c.) 2%. W. S. Native of the 
East Indies in Pegu near Rangoon in stagnant water. 
Long-leaved Barclaya. Fl. Aug. Pl. floating. 
Cult. For the cultivation see Euryale. 
IV. NYMPHAEA (vvpon, nymphe, a water nymph, in refer 
