Introduced by the Marquis of Bland ford, in 1809. Oar 

 drawing was taken at Jemes Vere's, Efq. Kenfington-Gore, 

 in Auguft laft, where it was cultivated with other tropical aqua- 

 tics in a ciftern, placed on a hot-bed, and covered with a melon- 

 frame. Under this treatment the feeds were perfe&ed, by 

 which the plant is readily propagated. And as it is cultivated 

 in the lakes and pools at Pekin, though not to the fame per- 

 fection as in the fouthern provinces, there is fome reafon to 

 hope it may be found not to ftand in need of artificial heat. 

 The name of Euryale was firft given to this plant by R. Sa- 

 lisbury, Efq. in the Annals of Botany; and five years 

 afterwards, inadvertently, that of Anneslea in the Botanift*s 

 Repofitory. 



