1917] 
PRING— HYBRID NYMPHAEAS 9 
ing leaves ovate, light green irregularly blotched with reddish 
brown on the upper surface, dark red densely spotted with 
purplish blue on the under side; developed leaves narrowly 
peltate, suborbicular, with deeply sinuate margins, almost 
ig. Nymphaea “Mrs. Edwards Whitaker” hort. var. marmorata: а, 
submerged leaves of seedling; b, first floating leaf. Natural size. 
entire at the apex; sinuses overlapping, terminating into 
ovate-acuminate lobes, prominently blotched with dark red on 
the upper surface, slightly fading on the old leaves, light 
green shaded with pink and spotted with purplish blue on the 
under side. 
