120 



POPULAR FLORA. 



Flowers •white, rntlier larjre: petals Inrger than the fiigncions calyx- 

 Stamens and narrow j^etals 8. The one-liowered scape and the 2-parted leaves 



rising separately from tlie ground. Fruit a many- 

 seeded pod opening by a lid, (Jeffersdnia) Twinleaf. 

 Stamens 12 to 18: petals rounded, G to 9. Flowering stems 2-leaved at the top: 



leaves shield-shaped and several-cleft, large, with a 

 nodding flower in the fork, {Podophyllum) May-Applb. 



G. WATER-LILY FAMILY. Order NYMPILEACEiE. 



AYatcr-plants Avith flowers and leaves on long footstalks, rising out of the water or res*fe- 

 in2 on its surface : the leaves 

 either shield-shaped or deeply 

 heart-shaped. Petals and sta- 

 mens generally very many. — 

 To the proper Water-Lily fam- 

 ily may here well enough be 

 added the Water-shield and 

 the Nelumbo, each of a sin- 

 gle species. This gives us 

 four ironera, ■which are distin- 

 guished as follows: — 



1:73 



Fruil of Xclumbo. 



271 272 



270. Flower, bii'l, and leaf of White Water-Lily. C71 . Flower with the part* cot 

 avv;iy, ail liui two peial-like sinmcns. one ordinary Etamen, and the compouod 

 pistil. 272. Slice acrosi the ll-celled pistil. 



1. Leaves and flowers from very thick and long creeping rootstocks. Sepals and the 

 many petals and stamens graduall}' blending into each other, and growing to the 

 surface of the many-celled and many-seeded compound pistil. Flower white, sweet- 

 Bceuted, {NymphcBa) White Water-Lilt. 



