G-ji JiUUilA, IT,i PEOPLE ASP I'RODUCTIOXS. 



Aegkmoxe, Liimmis. 



Capsules opening by short valves. Stif/mas 4-5, radiating from the top of a 

 depressed style. 



*A. Mesicana, L. Domesticated in Ava. Sporadic in Pegu. 



EANALES. 



Stamens very rarely definite. CatyeU free, or immersed in the torus, very rarely 

 connate, ilicropyh' usually inferior. Emhrijo minute in a fleshy albumen. 



+ Sf'pnh or pefdli 2- or S-scriafe. 



Order NYMPH^E^. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 3-5. Petals 3 to many, 1- or many-seriato. 

 Stamens many, hvpogvnous, or attached to the torus. Carpels fi'ee or connate, or 

 immersed in a fleshy obcouic torus. Aquatic herbs. Leaves usually floating. Flowers 

 solitaiy, on scapes. 



Sub-order XYMPn.FE.F. 

 Sepals 4-(). Petals and stamens numerous Carpels confluent with one anotlier 

 or with the disk into one ovary. Ovules many. Seeds albuminous. 



Isy3irn.EA, Neeker. 



Sepals, petals, and stamens half superior, inserted on the disk, the latter con- 

 fluent with the carpels. Nut armed. 



N. LOTUS, L. Chittagong. Pegu. Tenasscrim. 



Kya-phyu (Mason). 



Anthers without appendage. 



K". STELLATA, "WilUl. Cluttagong. Pegu and Arakan. 



N. cyanea, Roxb. 

 Kya-nyo (Mason). The blue water-lily. 

 *X. EUBEA, Roxb. {fide Mason). 

 Kya-ni. 

 A species of Xi/nqjliaa occurs in the 'Sicdhars, fde Diedrichsen. 



Bahclaya. TTallieli. 



Sepals inferior. Petals superior. Carpels immersed in the torus. Not armed. 



B. LOXGIFOLIA, "Wall. Pegu. Tenasserira, as far as Mergui, 



£. ohlonga (Mason). in running streams. 



Kya-ghouug-loung (Mason). 



EuETALE, Salisburi/. 

 Sepals, petals, and stamens superior. Carpels immersed in the torus. Armed 

 with shai-p thorus. 



E. FEKOx, Salisb. Chittagong in swamps. 



^nnesleya sjnnosa, Roxb. 



Sub-order XFL UJIB OXE.F. 



Sepals 4 or 5. Petals and stamens numerous, hypogynous. Carpels sunk in pits 

 without order in the flat turbinate torus. 



