Nymphaea. PoUYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 577 
in the capsule. In all other respects they agree. It is by no 
means so common as Lofus but infinitely more gaudy. 
2. N. Lotus. Willd. 2. 1153. 
Leaves orbicularly-peltate, margins sharply sinuate- 
toothed, downy underneath. Flowers white. Berries 
about twenty-celled. 
Teling. Tella-kalwa. 
- Ambel. Rheed. Mal. 11. t. 26. 
Hind. Koee. 
Sans. Koomooda. 
Beng. Shalook. 
It differs from N. rubra in the colour of the flowers 
only. Thereisa beautiful rare variety with pink-coloured 
flowers. The white sort is found common in pools, &c. 
of fresh water in every part of India; it blossoms more 
or less the whole year, but chiefly during the rains. 
3. N. versicolor. R. 
Leaves oval, peltate, repand-dentate, posterior having 
the sinus narrow wedge-shaped. Segments of the ray of the 
Stigma, fifteen, long, incurred. Berries fifteen-celled. 
A native of Bengal, where there are two varieties of it ; 
one pure white, the other pink of various Shades. _Flow- 
ering time the rainy season. ing 
4. N. cyanea. R. 
Leaves roundish, peltate, obtuse, margins waved or 
even, both sides smooth, posterior lobes overlapping each 
other, Flowers azure; apices of the anthers foliaceous. 
Berries spherical, ten or twelve-seeded. 
Sans. Kahlara. ; 
Beng. Soondi; also Neel-pudma,. 
_Teling. Neeti-kalwa._ 7 a 
“Itis a native of similar places with the last two. 
Root the same as in rubra and Lotus. Leaves ae 
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