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NELUMBIACEJE. (NELUMBO FAMILY.) 
men none. — Sepals and petals colored alike, in several 
rows, hypogynous, as well as the numerous stamens, decid¬ 
uous. Leaves orbicular, centrally peltate and cup-shaped. 
!• NKH JIBIUlfl, Juss. Nelumbo. Sacred Bean. 
Character same as of the order. (Name Latinized from Nelum - 
boy the Ceylonese name of the E. Indian species.) 
1. N. I ilten in, Willd. (Yellow Nelumbo, or Water Chiw- 
qtEPi*.) Corolla pale yellow: anthers tipped with an appendage. 
Waters of the Western States ; rare in the Middle States : intro¬ 
duced into the Delaware below Philadelphia. Also Big Sodus Bay, 
L. Ontario, and in the Connecticut near Lyme, probably introduced’ 
by the aborigines. June, July. — Leaves l°-2° broad. Flower 5'- 
& in diameter. Tubers farinaceous. Seeds also eatable. Embryo 
like that of Nymphara on a large scale. Cotyledons thick and fleshy, 
inclosing a plumule of 1 or 2 well-formed young leaves. 
Order 8. NTMPHJElciLE. (Water-Lily Family.) 
Aquatic herbs, with round or peltate floating leaves, and 
solitary showy flowers from a prostrate rootstock; the part¬ 
ly colored sepals and numerous petals and stamens imbricat¬ 
ed in several rows ; the numerous pistils combined into a 
many-celled compound ovary. — Sepals and petals persistent 
and decay,ng on or around the fruit. Slamens with slender 
adnatc anthers opening inwards. Fruit a pod-like berry 
npemng under water, crowned with the radiate stigmas, 14- 
„ jkT ; , h [ many anatr °P° us see <k attached to the sides 
and back of the cells. Embryo small, inclosed in a little 
g at the end of the albumen, next the hilum,with a distinct 
plumule, inclosed by the 2 cotyledons. 
1 • K V JI PII.*; A, Town. Water-Nymph. Water-Lily 
Sepals 4, green outside. Petals numerous in many rows 
and « 1 “ h “ n y P-hg into stamens, Lerted all 
-er the receptacle which incloses the base of the ™ 
res t **? —«■*.- outers £ 
ular. covered with ,h l* ’"T' se P arate - Fruit depressed-glob- 
^ with the bases of the decayed petals. Seeds inclos- 
