140 NYMPHEA ODORATA. 
latter purpose its astringency might, in some 
instances, make it well suited. The roots and 
seeds of the Nymphea lotus were used by the 
ancient Egyptians as bread. 
BOTANICAL REFERENCES. 
Nympheea odorata, Wittp. Sp. pl. ii. 1153.—Bot. Mag. 819.— 
Bot. Repository, 297.—Pursu, ii. 368.—Nymphiea alba, Micuavx, 
i. 311.—Watrer, Carol. 155. Castalia pudica, Satispury, Annals 
of Bot. ii. 71. 
_ MEDICAL REFERENCE. 
Cur.er, Amer. Transactions, i. 456. 
PLATE LV. 
Fig. 1. Leaf and flower of Nymphea odorata. 
Fig. 2. Different stamens from the same flower. 
Fig. 3. Stigma. 
Fig. 4. Section of the germ. 
Fig. 5. A cell of the germ magnified. 
Fig. 6. Section of the scape. 
Fig. 7. Section of petiole. 
