140 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS a 
NYMPHAEACEAE 
1. NELUM BIUM Jussieu 
NELUMBIUM NELUMBO (Linn.) Druce Bot. Exch. Club (1914) 421; 
Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 218, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 143. 
Nymphaea nelumbo Linn. Sp. Pl. (17538) 511. 
Nelumbium speciosum Willd. Sp. Pl. 2 (1799) 1258; Blanco FI. Filip. 
ed. 2 (1845) 318, ed. 3, 2 (1878) °223, t. 158; DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 
113; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 17 (1858) 91; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 
9; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 93, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. 
(1886) 46. 
Nelumbium turbinatum Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 458. 
Nelumbium transversum Presl Rel. Haenk. 2 (1835) 83. 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao, in shallow lakes, locally very abundant, 
as in parts of Lake Bay; probably an introduced plant in the Philippines, 
but if so of prehistoric introduction; a native of Asia, now widely dis- 
tributed in cultivation. The lotus. 
Local names: Baino (Tag.); lingaling (Ibn.); saua (Mag.); sukau 
(Ilk.). 
2. NYMPHAEA Tournefort - 
NYMPHAEA NOUCHALI Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 120; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 19 (1921) 3850. 
Nymphaea pubescens Willd. Sp. Pl. 2 (1799) 1154; DC. Prodr. 1 
(1824) 15; Conard in Carnegie Inst. Publ. 4 (1905) 198, ¢. 17; 
Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 219, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 143. 
Nymphaea lotus Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 456, ed. 2 (1845) 317, ed. 
8, 2 (1878) 222; Mig. FI. Ind. Bat. 1’ (1858) 89; F.-Vill. Novis. 
App. (1880) 9; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 93, Rev. PI. 
Vase. Filip. (1886) 46; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 
(1905) 17, Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 430, non Linn. 
Castalia pubescens Blume Bijdr. (1825) 48; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 
202. 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao, in shallow lakes, locally very abundant. 
Tropical Asia to Malaya. 
Local names: Labas (Tag.); laGas (Tag.); pulau (Tag.); talailo (Bis.) ; 
tunas (Bis.). 
NYMPHAEA STELLATA Willd. Sp. Pl. 2 (1799) 1158; DC. Prodr. 1 
(1824) 115; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1° (1858) 90; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 
(1880) 9; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 98, Rev. Pl. Vase. 
Filip. (1886) 46; Conard in Carnegie Inst. Publ. 4 (1905) 140. 
Castalia stellata Blume Bijdr. (1825) 49; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 
201. 
Luzon (Lake Bay), Merrill 5013, Baker 650, Quisumbing. In shallow 
water along the margins of the lake; much less common than the preceding 
species. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Malaya. 
