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fberbaceous plants. 



Yellow Pond Lily, Nuphar. These are inferior to the 

 true water-lilies. The leaves are rounded, sometimes held 

 above the surface of the water. Flowers yellow, fleshy, 

 seldom floating. There are two or three species. 



Lotus, Nelumbium speciosum. This is the stateliest as 

 well as the most beautiful of all water plants. Leaves 

 borne on slender stalks, two or three feet above the surface 



FIG. 127. LOTUS. (NELUMBIUM SPECIOSUM;. 



of the water, with a rounded blade from one to two feet 

 wide, slightly hollow in the centre. Flowers on tall 

 scapes above the foliage, rnany-petalled, six to eight inches 

 in diameter, of a delicate pink color, followed by numer- 

 ous picturesque seed-vessels. 



The yellow nelumbium (N. luteum) is less showy but 

 still a very desirable plant with bluish-green foliage and 

 large tulip-shaped blossoms of a pale yellow color ; sweet- 

 scented. Both are hardy and may be introduced into ponds 



