NELUMBONACEAE 539 
1. CABOMBA Aubl. Slender tender herbs. Blades of the submerged 
leaves dissected. Sepals and petals about equal. Stamens mostly shorter 
than the carpels: filaments subulate. Stigma 
terminal. Seed rough.—Four species, na- 
tives of the warmer parts of America. 
C. caroliniana A. Gray. Stems green 
(or purple or deep-pink re also the 
ee E C. caroliniana pulcherrima SW 
blades the floating 
Fla. 
leaves Ter -elliptie, peltate, 1.5-2 em. long: 
sepals and petals obovate, white or pink- 
purple, sometimes yellow at the base, 8-12 
. long: mature carpels flask- -shaped, 5-7 
mm. long, the beak i than the body.— 
(FANWORT. bi e EN-DOCK.) 
—Ponds and slow-flowing streams, Coastal 
Plain and adj. provinces, Fla. to Tex., Mo., and N. C.—Spr.-sum. 
2. BRASENIA Schreb. Stout herbs. Leaves peltate: blades entire. 
` Petals narrower than the sepals. Stamens SM longer than the earpels: 
filaments filiform.—One species.—The lea 
evergreen in the southern part of our range, 
d the flowers are long-stalked and floating. 
1. B. Schreberi Gmel tems, and other 
submerged parts, mucilage- Ma dee leaf- 
blades oval or elliptie, 5-12 e md sepals 
—1.5 
long, the beak angle ed. [B. purpurea 
Michx.) Casp. B. peltata e 
PLE-BONNET. PURPLE WEN- 
SHIELD. WATER- TARGET. )— Ponds and “still 
water, various provinces, Fla. to Tex sj 
and N. S.— —(W. I., 0. W.)—Sum 
Famity 7. NELUMBONACEAE — Lorus FAMILY 
Aqua 
a centrally nA the Ec veins radiatin 
Flo 
center an ing towards th gins wer solitary on the erect 
scape alyx of several sepals. Corolla of many petals, larger than the 
sepals. Androecium of nu us stamens: anthe TOW, to 
by the prolonged connective. Gynoecium of earpels separately 
immersed in an obeonie pe aga of the receptacle. Stigma umbih- 
e Fruit several nut sed in the accrescent ee or hemis- 
S 
pherie receptacle. Represented ps the following genu 
1. NELUMBO Adans. Leaves and flowers erect on the tuberous root- 
stock. Leaf-blades large, elevated above the water on stout petioles, depressed 
