POLYANDRI A^MONOGYXT A. Nuphai . 1 j 



Nat. Ord. see w. 266. 



Cal. inferior, of 5 or 6 large, coriaceous, concave, coloured, 

 permanent leaves. Pet. numerous, oblong, much smaller 

 than the calyx; furrowed and honey-bearing at the back; 

 proceeding, like the stamens, from the receptacle. Filam. 

 very numerous, unconnected with the germen, linear, re- 

 curved. Anth. linear, of 2 parallel cells, closely attached 

 to the inner surface of the upper part of each filament. 

 Genu, superior, nearly sessile, ovate, with an elongation 

 at the summit. Style none. Stigma sessile, orbicular, 

 convex, entire or notched, with many central radiating 

 clefts. Berry coriaceous, smooth, ovate, pointed, of as 

 many cells as there are rays, finally pulpy within. Seeds 

 numerous, smooth, ovate, in several rows in each cell. 



Habit like Nymphcea^ but the flowers are smaller, and al- 

 ways yellow, essentially different in structure from that 

 genus. 



Our White Water-lily being clearly the original Nv^^aiu, 

 Nymphcea, of Dioscorides, I have retained the name of 

 Nou^up, Nnphar, given by him, for the Yellow W^ater- 

 lily, which the modern Greeks, who make a cordial of 

 its flowers, after the example of their forefathers, have 

 but little corrupted, and which the Turks have perverted 

 into Pu/er. 



1. N. liitea. Common Yellow Water-lily. 



Calyx of five leaves. Border of the stigma entire. Foot- 

 stalks two-edged. Lobes of the leaves meeting each 

 other. 



N. lutea. Prodr. Fl. Grcec. v. I. 361. Comp. ed. 4. 94. Hook. 

 Loud. t. 141. Scot. 169. DeCand. Syst. v. 2. 60. 



Nvmphrea lutea. Linn. Sp. PL 729. mild. n. 2. 1151. FL Br. 

 '.569. Euirl BoLv.:^. t.\r>9. Rnii Sijn. SGS. FL Dan.i. GOli. 

 Ger. Km.Hl9.f. Fnchs fList. ,536. /'. iMatth. f'ulgr. v. 2. 246./. 

 Cumer. Epit. iV^h.J. Loh. Ic. :>94^ f. Ekrh. El. Off'. 44.5. 



N. n. 1066. Hall. Hist. V. 2. 2^. 



N. altera. Brunf. Herb. v. 1 . 40./. 36. 



In rivers and pools frequent. 



Perennial. July. 



Whole plant rather smaller than Nymphcea alba. Footstalks two- 

 edged, flattened on the upper surfiice. Leaves entirely smooth 

 and even, rounded at the end, and generally at the lobes, which 

 meet and lap over each other. Flower-stalks nearly or quite 

 cylindrical. H. about 2 inches wide, cu|)ped, all over ot'a gulden 

 yellow, with the scent of brandy or ratafia, whence they are 



