450 



Nymphaeaceae 



Nelumbo 



Map 925 



Dianthus Armeria L. 



50 



Map 926 



Saponaria officinalis L. 



Miles 



50 



Map 927 



Saponaria Vaccaria L. 



right of way of a railroad. While there are several reports, it is doubtful 

 whether this species will spread a great deal or whether it will be able to 

 maintain itself. 



Nat. of Eu. ; Ont. to B. C, southw. to Fla., La., and Calif. 



88. NYMPHAEACEAE DC. Waterlily Family 



Emersed leaves without a sinus, peltate. 



Leaves nearly orbicular, large, generally 3-6 dm in diameter; flowers very large, 

 usually 1-2.5 dm wide, on erect peduncles well above the surface of the water 



2508. Nelumbo, p. 450. 



Leaves not orbicular, but oblong or oval, mostly 1-10 cm long; flowers generally less 

 than 1.5 cm wide. 

 Leaves of two kinds, the floating ones small, linear-oblong, usually 12-20 mm long, 

 the submerged ones larger, palmately dissected; flowers white or yellowish 



within, generally 10-15 mm wide; stamens 3-6 2509. Cabomba, p. 452. 



Leaves of one kind, all floating, broadly oval, mostly 5-10 cm long, green above, 

 purplish and very glutinous beneath; flowers purplish; petals mostly 12-15 



mm long; stamens 12-18 2510. Brasenia, p. 452. 



Emersed leaves with a sinus reaching to the petiole. 



Leaves orbicular; petals and stamens inserted on the sides and near the summit 



of the ovary, the petals showy, white, rarely a rose colored form 



2513. Nymphaea, p. 452. 



Leaves oval; petals and stamens hypogynous, the petals inconspicuous, yellow or 

 with the base reddish 2514. Nuphar, p. 453. 



2508. NELUMBO [Tourn.] L. 



1. Nelumbo pentapetala (Walt.) Fern. (Rhodora 36: 23. 1934.) 

 (Nelumbo lutea (Willd.) Pers.) American Lotus. Map 928. This plant 

 is so conspicuous that botanical collectors would not overlook it. Before 

 settlement in Indiana, it no doubt was local in nearly all parts of the state. 

 Its habitat is the deeper ponds and shallow lakes or the borders of deeper 

 ones. One writer suggests that its northern distribution is due to its intro- 

 duction by the aborigines who used the seed and tubers for food. It is 

 becoming extinct in Indiana. I know of five colonies and it is reported 



