14 PAPAVERACEE (Harv.) [ Vymphea. 
lily of South America ( Victoria Regia) has peltate leaves, six feet in diameter, 80 
admirably buoyed up by a system of ribs and veins of peculiar structure that each 
leaf is capable of supporting on the surface of the water the weight of a full-grown 
man. The seeds of all the Order are edible, containing much fecula. The root- 
stocks are astringent, and have been used for tanning leather. The flowers of all 
are remarkably handsome, and of many are sweetly scented. : 
; : I. NYMPHZA, Linn. 
Sepals 4, inserted at the base of a fleshy, bottle-shaped receptacle in 
which the carpels are immersed. Petals and Stamens numerous, in seve- 
ral rows, covering the sides of the receptacle. Ovary many celled ; 
stigmata sessile, radiating. Berry leathery, irregularly bursting ; seeds 
indefinite, lodged in pulp, albuminous. DC. Prod. 1. p. 114+ 
Waiter plants, with submerged, prostrate rhizomes, throwing up leaves and flowers 
to the surface. Leaves on long, terete petioles, cordate or peltate. Flowers on 
simple peduncles, large and showy, white, red or blue, never yellow ; floating, or 
standing out of the water. Natives of the temperate zones, rare within the tropics. 
Name from Nuyudaia, the flower of the nymphs, because found in clear waters. 
1. N. stellata (Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 1153); leaves orbicular or 
elliptical, deeply cordate at base, sinuately dentate or entire, veiny 
below; sepals lanceolate, nerved ; petals lanceolate, acute ; anthers 
with subulate points; stigma 12-20 rayed, the rays prolonged 
into short horns, 1. Ind. 1.431. Bot. Mag.t.2058. N. scutifolia, 
DC. Prod. t. p. 114. N. Capensis, Thunb. Cap.p. 431. EH. & Z.! No. 19. 
Q:. . cerulea, Andr. Rep. t.197. Bot. Mag. t. 552. edu Yad 
> Rute Has. In rivers and lakes. Zeekoe Valley, Cape ; Zwartkops R, Uitenhage; &c. a sage | 
Re E. & Z.! W.H.H. Schonstone, Burke? (Herb. T.C.D., Hook, Sond.) 
, G Leaves leathery, 9-12 inches long and nearly as wide, the basal lobes often over- 
Nelo lapping, sometimes elegantly scolloped, sometimes nearly or quite entire, usually 
eS purple on the lower surface. Flowers standing out of the water, blue or rarely white, 
sweetly scented. Petals variable in breadth and sharpness.—I willingly follow the 
authors of Flora Indica in uniting the above synonyms. 
OrdER V. PAPAVERACEZ, Juss. 
(By W. H. Harvey). 
_(Papaveracee, Juss. Gen. 236. DC. Prod. 1. p. 117. Endl. Gen. Pl. 
No. clxxx. Lindl. Veg. Kingd. No. elvi.) 
Sepals 2, rarely 3, separate, deciduous. Petals 4-6, hypogynous, rarely 
wanting. Stamens mostly indefinite, rarely definite, adhering in parcels 
to the base of the petals ; filaments slender ; anthers two celled, basi-_ 
fixed, erect, opening wise. Ovary free, one celled, composed of 
2 or many carpels ; placente parietal, often projecting far into the 
cavity, and in Romneya nearly meeting in the centre ; ovules numerous, 
anatropal or amphitropal ; style single or none ; stigmas as many 25 
the carpels, radiating. Frwit a dry capsule (rarely berried) variously 
dehiscent, or indehiscent. Seeds numerous ; albumen copious, between 
fleshy and oily ; embryo minute, basal. Oe ag 
Herbaceous or very rarely shrubby plants, with a coloured, narcotic juice. Leaves 
Natives chiefly of the Northern Hemisphere, poeta 
