576 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nymphaea. 
The seeds are farinaceous, much liked by the natives, 
and sold in the public bazars to the eastward of the 
mouths of the Ganges, where the plant is indigenous. 
The method of preparation, to fit them for the table is as 
follows ; a quantity of sand is put into an earthen vessel, 
placed over a gentle fire, inthe sand they put a quantity 
of the seed, agitate the vessel, or the sand with an iron 
ladle, the seed swells to more than double its original 
size, until it becomes light, white and spongy; during 
the operation the hard husk of the seed breaks in vari- 
ous parts, and then readily separates by rubbing be- 
tween two boards, or striking it gently with a bye board. 
The Hindoo physicians consider these seeds to be pos- 
sessed of powerful medical virtues, such as restraining 
seminal gleets, invigorating the system, &c. Ke. ‘ 
NYMPHAEA. Schreb. gen. n. 886. 
Calyx and corol many-petalled. Germ inferior, many- 
celled, cells many-seeded ; attachment septal: Berry many- 
celled. Seeds numerous.. Embryo furnished with a pe 
risperm ; direction various. 
: N ire R. 
Leaves sub-orbicular, margins sharply sinuate-toothed, : 
downy underneath. Flowers red. Stamina from forty 
to fifty, _ Berries spherical, from ten to twenty-celled. 
Teling. Yerra-kalwa. 
Sans, Hulluka, and Rukta Sundhyuka. See Asiat. Res: 
vol. 4, p. 285, He 
Hind, Rukta a or Sundhuka, 
' Beng. Rukta kumbula. 
_A native of India. It flowers during the rainy season. 
In Bengal there is a small rose-coloured variety with from 
twenty to twenty-five stamina, and from.twelve to fifteen 
rays in the stigma, consequently the s same aanbehy ofc 
