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POLYANDRIA POLYGYMA. 



luuricatc. Flowers large. Petals of a pale yellow colour. Vericarp 

 3K'oody, 3 — 4 inches in diameter, with a truncated disk^ perforated with 

 15 or 20 cel^each containing an oval nut;, about the size of an acorn. 



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This plant seems capable of growing in deeper water than either the 

 Nymphaea or the Nuphar. Its leaves appear late in the springy and its 

 flowers do not expand until mid-summer. The upper surface of the leaves 

 possess in a greater degree, than the leaves of any other plant with which 

 1 am acquaintedj the power of repelling water. 



2. p 



ENTAPETALUS. 



C. foil is peltatis or- I Leaves peltate, or- 



biculatis integerrirais; biciilar, entire 



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calyce 



calyx 



pentaphyllo; 



corolla pentapetala. 

 Walt. 



j 5-leaved; corolla 5 

 pet ailed. 



Cyaiuus pentapetitlus Pursh 2. p. 389. 

 Nelunibium pentapetalum. Sp. pi. 2. p. 1259. 

 Njniphsea pentapetala. Walt. p. 155. 



This species and the succeeding, still rest on the authority of Walter. 

 No botanist, has recently seen them. They should probably be soug^Jt 

 for in the lagoons^ along the Santee-river. 



3. Reniformis. 



C. foliis reiiiformi- 



Leaves reniforml 



biis^ corolla polypeta- corolla polypetalous. 



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la. 



Walt. 



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Cyamus rcniformis. Pursh. 2 p. 398. 

 Nelumbium reniforme Sp. pi. 2. p. 12C0, 



Njmphaea reniformis. Walt. p. 155 



