ii6 VIII. NYMPH^ACE^. [Nymphcea. 



(i) N. steUata Willd. Sp. PL ii. 1153; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 114; 

 King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Iviii. (2), 389. 



Leaves elliptic deeply cordate, entire or shortly toothed, purple 

 beneath, 6 to 8 in. long. Flowers 1*5 to 6 in. across, white or 

 tinted pale blue. Petals linear lanceolate, 10 to 30. Stamens 

 10 to 50, with long appendages. Common in ditches and back- 

 waters of rivers. Flowers very variable in size from little more 

 than an inch across to about 4 or 6 in., according to depth of water. 

 Hah. Malacca, Sungei Rambei. Bindings, Pangkor (small form). 

 Pahang, Lake Chenei (Fox) large form. Province Wellesley. 

 Perak, Perils, and Setul. Kelantan, near Kota Bharu. Distrib. 

 Indo-Malaya, Australia. Native names : Ati-Ati Payah ; Kelipoh ; 

 TpTfil'd TCgciiiI 



(2) N. Lotus Linn. Sp. PL 511; Hook. fiL F.5.7. i. 114; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 4665, var. pubescens. 



Leaves peltate deeply cordate, edge distinctly sinuate, toothed, 

 purple and pubescent beneath, 9 in. across. Flowers 2 to 5 in. 

 wide. Sepals blunt. Petals white to dark pink. Anthers without 

 appendages. Stigmatic rays with clubbed appendages. Hah. 

 Ponds. Malacca (Griffith) ; Durian Tungul (Burkill), flowers 

 white. Patalung (Gwynne Vaughan), flowers reddish pink. 

 Distrih. India, Malaya. 



Often cultivated by Chinese and others for ornament ; easily known when 

 white-flowered by its strongly toothed leaves. Our form is the variety 

 pubescens with leaves pubescent beneath. 



2. BARCLAYA, WalHch. 



Small aquatic herbs with long villous rootstocks, and floating 

 or erect leaves. Flowers hardly expanding, pinkish. Sepals 5, 

 narrow apiculate, inserted at the base of the ovary. Petals 

 numerous biseriate connate below in a tube confluent with the 

 carpels. Stamens many in many series inserted in the corolla 

 tube ; filaments short ; anthers pendulous. Ovaries 6 to 8, confluent 

 pink, apex conical ; styles triangular connate into a lo-rayed cone. 

 Berry globose pulpy. Seeds elliptic spiny, albumen floury. 

 Species 4, Burma to Borneo. 



Leaves rounded cordate, tomentose beneath; sepals 



tomentose narrow with long glabrous tails . . (i) B. Motleyi 



Leaves thin, oblong ovate broad glabrous, base round; 



sepals narrow , . . . . . . (2) B. Kunstleri 



Leaves oblong obtuse, base cordate glabrous ; sepals broad, 



glabrous tails short (3) B. longifolia 



(i) B. Motleyi Hook. fiL Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 147, t. 21 ; 

 King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Lc. 390. 



Leaves rather thick, round cordate, blunt or apiculate, glabrous, 

 except the nerves above, tomentose beneath, 3 in. long, 3 to 5 in. 



