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emersed or elevated alone the surface, deeply corns. on long petioles. 
Sepals 5-12, concave, green or yellowish and petal- Like. Petals several to: 
many, linear-oblong,)\stamenlike, hypogynous.e Stamens numerous, hypogynous ;- 
imbricated around the ovary, recurving at maturity. Ovary 10-25-chambered, 
the stigmas disc-like, radiating. Pod ovoid, rather fleshy. Seeds not — 334 
surrounded by @ membranous aril. oo: 
1. N. polysepalus (En ) Fern. Wokas. ——>Hootstock stout, 8-10 cm. ia 
diameter, rlattened, fleshy, the leaf scars prominent; leaves tufted at the... 
apex of the roots toc the petioles of variable length, 50-150 cm. or more, 
2-5 cm. in diameter)” blades floating or-emersed> 20-40 cm. long or more, 
ovate or oval, deepi4 cordate,at the base, the lobes rounded or very obtuse, "g 
both surfaces smooth, the secondary veins "parallel, dichotomously 3-4 times 4 
forked near the margin; flowers on peduncles equal to the petiolesy,floating | 
or emersed; sepals petaloid, orbicular, 5-5 cm. in diameter, the outer green, 
the inner yellow or reddish-yellow; petals 15-20, more or less hidden beneath 
the recurved stamens; anthers reddish-purple; pistil urceolate, the disc 
yellow, the radiating lines simple, 12-20; fruit an urceolate fleshy pod 
4-5 cm. lone, the disc flaring; seeds smooth, oval, 4-5 mm. long, — =>4 
——> (lymphaea _polysepala Greene; Nuphar polysepalus 
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Frequent throughous our range below 3000 feet in ponds and lakes or 
swampy river margins, in 1-4 feet of water and muddy bottom. ‘The plants 
may appear terrestrial late in summer due to drying of pools. 
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