POLYANDRIA. MONOGYNTA. Nymphea. 
Fl. dan. 603-Blackw. 497. a and b, and 499. 1-E. bot. 
159—Lonic. i. 177. 2-Kniph. 8—Fuchs. 536=Trag. 697- 
F. B. iti. 771—Matth. 894-Cluss li. 77. 2—Dod. 585. 2- 
Lob. obs. 324. 2. and ic. is 594. 2-Ger. em. St Q— 
Park.1252. 5—Pet. 71. 3-Ger. 672. 2. 
. Calyx, leaves roundish. . Petals very small. Linn. Leav 
egg-shaped, with a deep notch at the base. Calyx, leaves wae. 
fruit-sta 
Yellow. Water vr Lily, or Watercan. Slow rivers, aaa: and 
ditches. _[River Avon, at Pershore, Worcestersh. Mr. Bat~ 
xarp. Mr, Watpron Hitt. ] P, July, August.* 
N. Leaves heart-shaped, very entire: calyx 4-cleft. 
Fl. dan. 602-Blackw. 498. a@ and b. and 499-~E. bot. 
160-Fuchs. 535-Trag. 696-F. B. iii. 770-Gmel. iv. 
1~Lob. obs. 324. 1, and ic. i, 595, 1—Ger. em. 819. l= 
Park. 1251. J—Pez. ibe lb . 
Petals in several rows, resembling a double flower. The 
lower s about 7 in the morning ; closes about 4 in the after- 
noon, and sha lies down upon the surface of the water. Linn. 
pecs foots ~~ [fruit-stalks round ; within full of pores, 4. of which 
rger than the rest; hairs interwoven between. 
7a Cabs ae smaller than the outer petals, Renuan. Summits 
17 or 18, placed in a circle, and ear with as many 
cells in the germen. Stamens fixe e side of the germen. 
St. Leaves oval, with a deep notch is he base. Leafits nearly 
central. Petals numerous, white. 
Water-lily. Water-can. Candock. Watersocks. In slow rivers 
nd ponds. [Marazion Marsh. Mr. Stacku Mtg bys er Stow 
ei Stafford. In the large pool at Patshull, Staffor y 
uly.t 
* The roots rubbed with milk destroy Bids gr and cockroaches. 
Swine eat it. hae boi not fond of it ; cows, sheep, and horses refuse it 
Linn, Ray observes that the bs smell like brandy. An infusion: 4a 
a pov of the fresh ot toa gallonof watets taken.in the dose of a 
morning, cured a leprous eruption 
It extends ieeelé pil long runners en forma root at the end, and 
Send up leaf-stalks i water. The root is bulbous. It is one of the ~ 
most beautifi piaiabe ‘Enelch plants, and ar be pen ee by tran en 
ing the ome roots in winter. Mr. Stackuouss. Botanists often affect 
despise the labours of the florist, who we nee by m coniaetnon the eet 
to produce double flowers, stigmatising them by the name of monsters 
They may be monsters, but they are often beautiful monsters. 
al’ba, 
