stain.” The author of the description in the Magazine 
- goes on to state that the difference may have arisen from 
cultivation, for that the deep purple of the under-surface 
of the leaves, from want, perhaps, of sufficient air and 
intensity of light, did not, as described by Pursh, extend to 
the peduncles. To me it appears far more probable that 
Pursh brought the wrong plant, than that imported roots 
changed their character so suddenly as to produce in two 
successive years, first rose-coloured and then pure white 
flowers. = 
N. odorata extends throughout Eastern North America, 
from Newfoundland to Florida, which renders its absence 
in the western half of the continent very remarkable, as 
water-plants are so easily disseminated; and the same remark 
applies to the equally common American Nuphar advena, 
which is, however, represented by another species in 
Western America. The var. rosea is more local than the 
white-flowered form. There are specimens from Pursh in 
the Kew Herbarium from the Bass and Wardings Rivers, 
gathered in 1808, and Gray says that varieties with pinkish 
or rarely bright pink flowers and leaves often crimson 
underneath occur, especially at Barnstable in Massachusetts. 
Chapman does not mention it as a native of the Southern 
United States. | 
The Royal Gardens are indebted to Mr. Kennedy, who 
as done so much for the introduction of water-plants into 
this country, for the specimen from which this figure is 
taken, and which flowered in the tropical Water-Lily House ~ 
nearly all the summer.—J. D, H. 
Fig. 1, Outer, and, 2, inner stamens ; 8, vertical section of torus, with stamens 
and ovary :—a// enlarged. 
