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inside. Petals 3-4, withering-persistent. Stamens 6-18: anthers ad- 
nate, extrorse. Ovaries 2-18. Ovules suspended. Capsule indehiscent, 
1-3-seeded. Embryo minute, at the base of fleshy albumen. 
l. CABOMBA, Aublet. 
Sepals and petals 3. Stamens 6. Ovaries 2-4. Capsule 1-3-seeded. — 
Stems filiform, branching. Submerged leaves opposite, divided into numerous 
filiform flattened segments ; floating ones peltate, entire. Flowers small, in the 
axils of the floating leaves, 
1. C. Caroliniana, Gray. Floating leaves oblong-linear; flowers white. 
(Nectris aquatica, Nutt.) — Ponds and still water, Florida to North Carolina, and 
westward. June- August. — Stems 2? — 4? long. 
2. BRASENTA, Schreber. WATER-SHIELD. 
Sepals 3-4, purple inside. Petals 3 - 4, linear, persistent. Stamens 12-18: 
anthers exserted. Ovaries 4-18. Capsule 1-2-seeded. — Leaves all peltate 
and entire, alternate, oval, on long petioles. Flowers axillary, on elongated 
peduncles, dull purple. 
. B. peltata, Pursh. (Hydropeltis purpurea, Michx.) — Ponds and slow- 
Posts streams, Florida and northward. guix Stem, Dons .and lower 
TOME "E the Ten peti — s o ition. (Leaves 9r-3'! 
Orprr 8. NYMPHJEACEJE, (Warrn-Lirx FAMILY.) 
Aquatic herbs, with peltate or cordate, entire, floating leaves, and soli- 
tary white or yellow flowers on long peduncles. Sirak 4-6, colored 
inside. Petals numerous, hypogynous or perigynous, imbricated in the 
bud. Stamens numerous. Ovary many-celled. Ovules args in- 
serted on the partitions. Stigmas radiate or peltate. Fruit baccate, 
many-secded. Embryo cluded.’ in a sac at the extremity e farinaceous 
albumen. 
l. NYMPHAA, Toum. WarerLry. 
Sepals 4, green outside. Petals oblong, inserted into the thin torus which - 
envelops the ovary, the inner ones passing into stamens. Stamens numerous, 
inserted above the petals, the outer ones petal-like : anthers adnate, introrse. - 
Ovary many-celled. Stigmas as many as the cells, linear, radiating around a 
globular central gland. Berry globose. Seed enclosed in a membranaceous ——— 
_ aril. — Leaves orbicular, cleft at the base. to the centre, Lees. Flowers on 
Fed often ah irs —— * : 
