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2. CABOMBA. 
Cabomba, Aubl. Pl. Guian. i. p. 321, t. 124; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 46. 
Four species, confined to America. 
1. Cabomba aquatica, Aubl. Guian. i. p. 321, t. 124. | 
Sourn Mexico, Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miiller), Vera Cruz (Gouin), Rio Champoton, 
Yucatan (Linden).—Gutana and valley of-the Amazon to S. Paulo, Brazin. Hb. Kew. 
Tribe NYMPH A. 
3. NYMPH JAA. 
Nymphea, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 653 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 46. 
- Numerous forms have been described as species; but Bentham and Hooker estimate 
the number at about twenty. Natives of the temperate and subtropical regions of the 
northern hemisphere, and extending to subtropical regions in the south, in Africa and 
Australia. None of the species are found in Western North America. Doubtless 
some of the following are simply different names for the same thing. 
1. Nymphexa ampla, DC. Syst. ii. p. 54; Bot. Mag. t. 4469. 
Nymphea candolleana, Lehm.; N. leiboldiana, Lehm. 
Texas and New Mexico.—Nortu Mexico, Monterey (Berlandier, 279); SourH Mexico, 
Vera Cruz to Orizaba (F. Miiller), Colipa (Karwinski); Nicaracua, neighbourhood of 
Granada (Levy, 147).—Wesr Inprzs and Sourn America to Brazit. Hb. Kew. 
2. Nympheza blanda, C. F. W. Mey. Primitie Fl. Esseq. p. 201. 
Nymphea fenzliana, Lehm. Die Gatt. Nymph. p. 25. 
Nymphea rudgeana 6, C. F. W. Mey. 
Guatemata (Fredrichsthal) ; Nicaracua, San Juan (Lehmann); PANAMA, in swamps 
near the city of Panama (Seemann).—Jamaica and Guiana. Hb. Kew. 
3. Nymphea elegans, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4604. 
Tuxas to—Soura Mexico, valley of Mexico, ditches at Santa Anita (flowers yellow) 
(Bourgeau, 4). Hb. Kew. 
4. Nymphea gracilis, Zucc. Pl. Nov. fase. i. p. 362, et in Flora, 1832, i, 
Beibl. p. 74. . 
Sourn Mexico, lakes near Oaxaca, 5000 feet (Galeotti), Mexico (Karwinskt), 
ditches at Tacubaya, valley of Mexico (Bowrgeau, 5), Aguas Calientes (Hartweg, 1592). 
Hb. Kew. . . : 
BIOL. CENT.-AMER., Bot. Vol. 1, Sept. 1879. € 
