TAXONOMY NYMPHAEA ODORATA. 



183 



NUMBER OF FLORAL ORGANS. 



MEASUREMENTS (IN CENTIMETERS). 



= outer. 



= inner. 



m = median. 



t = staminode. 



Var. minor Sims. (Fig. 68.) 



Whole plant one-quarter to one-half the size of the type, with more of red color- 

 ation on sepals and under side of leaves. 



Nymfhaea odorata var. minor, Sims 1814. Britton 18890. Gray 1889. A. G. 1893. Tricker 1897. 



Conard 1901 a. 



N. minor, DeCandolle 1821 b. Donn 1831. Not Reichenbach 184251845. 

 N. odorata var. parviflora, Rafinesque 1830. 

 N. odorata var. rubella, Rafinesque 1830. 



DESCRIPTION. Flowers 5 to 9 cm. across (1.3 cm., G. & F. 18940). Buds 

 broadly or narrowly ovate, 3.3 cm. long by 2.07 cm. in diameter to 2.9 cm. long by 1.3 

 cm. in diameter. Peduncle dark reddish-brown, 0.24 to 0.32 cm. in diameter, 10 to 

 50 cm. long, only half supporting the flower even when the plant has no water around 

 it, as sometimes happens in summer. Receptacle green, rounded-quadrilateral, diam- 

 eter 0.64 cm. Sepals dark brownish-green or pure green, red or whitish on the mar- 

 gins, nearly white at base, greenish-white within, obscurely 7-nerved, especially visible 

 within; breadth : length = 1 : 2.8 to 2.5. Petals 17 to 24, sometimes marked with pink- 

 when old. Stamens 37 to 68. Carpels 10 to 16; papillose area more or less con- 

 tinued out on the styles, which vary greatly in length and width, even in the same 

 flower. Ovary nearly spherical, 0.8 to 1.12 cm. in diameter by 0.5 to 0.63 cm. high. 

 Axile process round, translucent, whitish, its top rising above the level of the bases of 

 the styles, i. e., in a very shallow stigmatic basin. 



Leaves deep red beneath (or green when aerial), lobes usually diverging; diam- 

 eter 5 to 13 cm. (4 cm., G. & F. 18940.) Petioles like the peduncles. Stipules 1.3011. 



