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NYMPHZA ODORATA, var. 6. MINOR. LESSER 
SWEET-SCENTED WATER-LILY. 
Clafs and Order. 
Potyanpria Monocynra. 
Generic Chara@er. 
Cal. 4—5-phyllus. Petala plurima germini fud ftaminibus in- 
ferta. Stigma radiatum feffile, medio nettariferum. Bac¢a fupera, 
multilocularis, polyfperma. Smiru. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
NYMPHAEA odorata. Vide fupra N™ 819. : 
NYMPH AA odorata (. rofea) foliis cordatis integerrimis ob- 
tufis, lobis divaricatis acutis; petiolis pedunculis foliifque 
fubtus purpureis, calycibus petalifque extus rofeis. Purfh 
Flor. Am, Sept. p. 369. 7 
Many of the Warer-Littes refemble one another in fo many 
points, that it requires a more intimate knowledge of them 
than can be acquired by a curfory examination, to enable one 
to find charaéters to diftinguifh them by. Mr. Writ1am 
An person, who has for feveral years cultivated a very ex- 
tenfive colleétion of thefe plants, is of opinion that our plant is 
{pecifically diftin& from odoraia. It is altogether fmaller than that, 
the lobes of its leaves divaricate more, and terminate in a fharper 
point, which is frequently a little elongated ; the under furface, 
only faintly tinged in odorata, is of a deep purple colour, and 
the veins, though raifed above the furface, are fo in a much lefs 
degree. That it is really the rofe-coloured variety of odorata of 
Puxsu is certain, being the produét of roots brought from 
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