C 1243 ] 



Nymph/ea kalmiana. Canadian 

 Water-Lily. 



Clafs and Order. 



PoLYANDRIA MoNOGYNIA, 



Generic Characler, 

 Cor. Polypetala. Cal. 4 — 5-phyllus. Bacca multilocularis, 

 loculis polyfpermis. 



Specific Characler and Synonym. 

 NYMPHS A kalmiana g foliis cordato-ovatis integerrimis 



fubtus venis exaratis, calyce* petaloideo penta- 



phyllo orbiculato petalis pluries majore, ftig- 



mate 8 — 12-radiato. 

 NYMPHyEA Intea. |3. kalmiana. Michaux VI. Bor, Am. 1, 

 V- 3"- 



This inhabitant of Canada in North- America, is almoft a 

 counterpart in miniature of the European common Yellow 

 \\ aier Lily, and has the fame habits. The flower, as in the 

 reft of the fpecies, (lands high out of the water, but when the 

 effloreicenre is over, the peduncle retires under the water, 

 where the feed is perfefcied and fcattered in the mud. 



Michaux, although he could not find any diltingui filing 

 characters, could not perfuade himfclf but that it was a dif- 

 ferent fpecies from Nymphia lutea. The only remarkable 

 difference that we can dete£t is that the leaves have fewer veins, 

 and that thefe are not rai fed from the under furface, as in lutea, 

 but really grooved, and are a little raifed on the upper furface ; 

 the lobes are rather more divaricate and obtufe. We have 

 not obferved the petals to exceed ten ; and the rays of the 

 ftigma, which are white, and united by a flefh-coloured mem- 

 brane, are more ufually eight, fometimes as many as twelve. 

 In Nymph/la lutea the ftigma is yellow, and has ufually about 

 fixteen rays ; and the nu ber of the petals is feldom lefs. 



Our drawing was {ketched from a fpecimen communicated 

 by Meffrs. Loddiges & Sons, in July 1808, and finifhed 

 laft fummer, at Mr. Vere's, Kenfington-Gore, whofe intelli- 

 gent gardener, Mr. Anderson, pointed out to us, that Nym- 

 ph vt a kalmiana and lutea s befides the leaves which float upon 

 the water, bear others which never appear above its furface; 

 thefe are tenderer, more undulated, and fhorter, with lobes 

 very much divaricated, and hence approaching to kidney- 

 fliaped. Being a native of Canada, it mud be perfectly hardy, 

 but when grown in a ciftern fhould be protected from fevere froft. 



