PODOPHYLLACEAE 
purple-red and obscurely Mein Leech 
sepals v dd or elliptic-ov 
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eed globose, mostly 2.5-3 em. in diam 
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odorata Ait.]— (ALLIGATOR-BONNET. STAR- 
LOTU S.)—Pon nds, lakes, slow e and 
ditches, various provinces, Fla. to La., Man., 
nd N. S. 
2. C. minor (Sims) DC. Rootstock slen- 
der, mostly about 1.5 em. thick: leaf-blades 
j j a pt in 
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. long: ns bored less than 20, n es or Pate 
thin and delic stamens usually less than 60, th id ones 2.5— ; 
ong: pp most 10-15: berry dae e $ Ee somewhat depressed, mostly 
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less than em. in diameter: seed abou long. Lakes ponds, and 
ditehes, oe in acid water, Coastal Plain, Fla. to a and N. J 
. lekophylla e Rootstock very stout, 4—6 cm. Sane ae blades 
I dE 20-60 cm. wide, with the edges turned upwards somewhat as in 
Victoria, deep- green "beneath o r tinged with purple or red, ay reticulate 
Min ath with very stout v a sepals pt. -ovate 0 r broadly ded ie 
long: petals 25—30, Si elliptie to linear-elliptie, thiek: 
Bu 80—100, the peta taloid o aston 5 em. long: styles 20-25: Aes de. 
pressed Lydi: , 9.5—4.9 em, in aa [C. reniformis a U. S.) J— 
( A:PPLE-LOTU s.)—Lak es Per ponds, Cosstal Plain, Fla and Del.— 
(W. L., Mex —'The West Indian specimens seem to be Bike de pre Florida. 
)— 
Those from Mexico may Mecum a different specie 
4. C. elegans (Hook.) Greene. Rootstock stout: leaf-blades ovate to oval- 
orbieular, mostly 8-20 em. wide, s -sinuate or near entire, usually dark 
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red-purple and somewhat veiny beneath: flowers usually standing 1-2.5 dm. 
above the water: sepals mostly lanceolate, 4-5 em. long: petals 6—10, lanceolate 
sometimes ovate-lanceolate, blue or pale-violet: stamens numerous: styles 
d bs doped : 15-25: be E depressed- Ld eue a em, in di- 
eeds n diameter.—( BLUE WATER-LILY.)—Ponds, pools, and 
ae. Big a a. Fla., also Coastal Plain, S "Tex.— (Mer) 
5. C. flava (Leitner) Greene. Rootstock warty with the persistent petiole- 
bases: leaf-blades oval to suborbicular, 6—20 cm. wide, glabrous, bright-green 
-6 mm. 
long: see mm. in diameter. [Nymphaea flava Leitner]— (YELLOW 
WATER-LILY.  SUN-LOTUS. )—Lakes, ponds, and slow streams, pen. 
Famity 9. PODOPHYLLACEAE — MAY-APPLE FAMILY 
Perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, sometimes all basal and scale-like: 
blades simple or ternately compound. Flowers perfect, of 4 or 6 sepals. 
Corolla of 6 or 9 petals resembling the sepals except in Caulophyllum. 
Androecium of 6—18 stamens, the anthers opening by valves, except in 
P. bout 10 genera and 30 species, d. distributed. 
