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 Nymph.ea stellata, |3. Larger-flowered 



STARRED WATER-LlLY. 



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C&m ««d Order. 

 Poly anuria Monogyma. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 4 — 5-phyllus, inferus. Pctala plurima, genuine sub 

 staminibus inserta. Bacca multilocularis, polysperma. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Nymph^a stellata ; foliis peltato-cordatis integerrimis subtui 

 coloratis : iobis divaricatis, calyce tetraphyllo petalis 

 acutis longiore. 



Nymph^ea stellata ; foliis peltatis integerrimis utrinqueglabris. 

 Hort. Kern. ed. alt. v. 3. p. 294. 



Nympilea stellata ; foliis subrotundis sinuatis subtus purpil- 

 rascentibus, lobis divaricatis acutis, calyce tetraphyllo 

 petalis acutis caeruleis longiore. Bot. Repos. 330. 



Nymph^ea stellata ; foliis cordatis integerrimis, lobis divari- 

 catis acutis, calyce acuto tetraphyllo petalis acutis lou- 

 giore. mild. Sp. PL 2. p. 1153? 



NymphjEA stellata ; foliis ovatis utrinque glabris, floribus 

 caeruleis, calyce quadripartito, corolla octopetala, stigmate 

 octo-radiato, staminibus subviginti ; apicibus anthcra- 

 rum foliaceis. Roxb. Flor. hid. incdit. 



Castalia stellaris ; folia laminis plus minus repandis, lobis 

 ftiicato-acuminatis basi distinctis. Stigma 10-radiaUtm. 

 Salisb. in Annals of Bot. 2. p. 12. 



Citambel. Hort. Malab. 11. p. 53. t. 21? 



The plant figured in the Hortus Malabaricus, under the 

 name of Citambel, from which Willdenow took up his 

 stellata, appears to be in many respects different from our 



present 



