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THE WATERLILIES. 



outline of leaves strikingly intermediate. The seedlings are like those of N. caerulea 

 until the first floating leaf; this is spotted with brown above and suffused bluish 

 beneath as in N. zanzibariensis. Sterile. Raised at the Botanic Garden, University 



FIG. IS.Nymphaea capensiiXzatizibariensis. Sepal, four petals, staminode, stamens, vertical section of 



ovary. Two-thirds natural size. 



FIG. ea.Nymijhaca elegansxzanzibariensis. Sepal, three petals, stamens, vertical section of 

 ovary. Two-thirds natural size. 



of Pennsylvania, from seed obtained in 1900; flowered 1901. Sepals 4, petals 23, 

 stamens 140, carpels 26. 



6. N. CAPENSIS X ZANZIBARIENSIS (Plate XXVII ; Fig. 79). Flowers light blue. 

 Floral parts very numerous. Sepals broad, resembling those of N. sansibariensis. 



