POLYAND. MONOG. 169 



Hab. Banks of the water of Leith, near Woodhall, Mr. SommervUle 

 and Maiigh. Braid woods and Cliesh woods, Mr. Arnott. Fl. June 

 --Aug. %. 



Flowers yellow. Stigma small, upon rather a long style. 



5. NYMPH ^A. 



1. N. alha (white IValer Lily), "leaves cordate, stigma of 16 

 ascending rays." Hori. Kew. ed. 2. Liglitf. p. 2S3. E. B. 

 t. 160. 



Hab. Lakes and ditches, very frequent. Lochend, Edinb., Maugh. 

 Near Gkvsg., not unfrequent, Hupk. and Mr. Mrirray. Fl. July. 2/ , 



Tliis magnificent aquatic, although long retained in the same genus 

 with the following, has many points of difference. Here the white 

 petals, as large externally as the great calycine segments, inter- 

 nally diminish gradually into stamens. Salisbury calls the central 

 globose point of the stigma a nectary. The fruit (or berry, as it 

 is called) is soft and fleshy, scarred with the points of insertion of 

 the stam. and petals, and decays without opening. Seeds small, 

 extremely numerous. 



6. NUPHAR. 



1. N. lutea {yellow JVater-IJly or Nuphar), leaves cordate their 

 lobes approximate, cal. of 5 leaves, stigma expanded (entire) 

 with from 14—20 rays. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. Light/, p. 482 

 and E .B.t. 159 (Nymphcea Int.). 



Hab. Lakes and ditches, but not very common, Sibbald and Dr. 

 Parsons. Lochend, Maugh. Lakes, frequent, about Glasg., Hopk. 

 In the Clyde 1 m. below the Bot. Garden, Glasg., Mr. Murray. 

 Fl. July. 



Flowers large, yellow, 2 inches in diameter. Cal. leaves large. Pet. 

 numerous, very obtuse, thick and fleshy, deep orange, one row 

 placed just below the stamens. Outer stamens the broadest and 

 something resembling the petals. Fruit (berry) very large, flagon- 

 shaped (whence, I apprehend, in conjunction with the smell, the 

 application of the term Brandy -bottle), glabrous^ fleshy. Seeds many, 

 large. 



2. N. Kalmiana {least yellow IVater-Lily or Ntiphar), leaves 

 cordate their lobes subapproximate, stigma cut {toothed, Sm.) 

 with from 8—12 ravs, Hort. Kew. ed. 2. p. 294. C7irt. Bot. 

 Mag. 1. 1 243. E. 'B. t. 2292 {Nuphar minima) . 



Hab. Discovered in 1809, by Mr. Borrer, in a pool near the fann of 

 Corrie-Chastel, at the foot (not upon the summit) of Ben Crua- 

 chan ; also in Loch Baladren. Loch of Monteith, Stirlingshire, 

 between the islands and shore, Mr. Arnott. Loch Duble near In- 

 verary, Maugh. Fl. July. 



This plant agrees in every particular with the specimens of N. Kul- 

 iniana I have from N. America, and equally with the specific cha- 

 racter given of that species in the 2d ed. of Hort. Kew. I cannot, 

 therefore, hesitate about restoring the older name to it. The essen- 

 tial difl'ercnces are noted in the specific character, to which I may 



