148 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Description.—F lowers nocturnal, 8-9 inches across, ama- 
ranth purple, lighter toward the base of sepals and petals; 
stamens dark amaranth purple, lighter towards the base; 
leaves 12 inches across, orbicular, with denticulate margins, 
dark brownish green; seed pod small, containing very few 
fertile seeds. 
xX NYMPHAEA “C. E. HUTCHINGS” PRING 
A very distinct hybrid with the same general characteristies 
as its pistillate parent, N. tulipifera. It is readily distin- 
guishable from N. tulipifera, however, by the flowers, which 
are larger and wider open, being concave in shape. 
Description.—F lowers nocturnal, 6-7 inches across or when 
forcibly expanded 8-9 inches, tyrian pink, lighter towards the 
base of sepals and petals; stamens dark tyrian pink, lighter 
towards the base; leaves 10-12 inches across, orbicular, 
sparsely denticulate, dark brownish green; seed pod small, 
containing very few fertile seeds. 
xX NYMPHAEA “H. C. HAARSTICK” PRING 
A notable seedling suggestive of N. Omarana and conspicu- 
ous by its large well-shaped flowers and copper-colored leaves. 
Nymphaea ‘‘Mrs. D. R. Francis’’ is the pistillate parent. 
Description.—F lowers nocturnal, 10-12 inches across, rose 
shading to a rose pink at the base of the sepals and petals; 
stamens rose color, lemon-chrome at the apex, anthers dark 
rose pink; leaves 14-16 inches across, orbicular, dentate, con- 
spicuous by their unusual copper coloration. 
xX NYMPHAEA “J. S. WALSH” PRING 
An extremely interesting hybrid derived from two parents 
ef the lotus type, N. Kewensis and N. tulipifera. It presents 
the unusual floral feature of continuing its opening through- 
out the day, contrary to all other hybrids of the lotus group. 
This factor has opened up the possibility of converting future 
hybrids from the original night-blooming parents, N. Lotus 
and N. rubra, into both nocturnal and diurnal lilies. 
Nymphaea *‘J. 8S. Walsh”’ closely resembles NV. Kewensis, the 
pistillate parent, in general habit and coloration both of 
leaves and flowers. The expanding of sepals and petals is 
entirely different from that of the rest of the group which 
