OTMPELEACE.E. 



1. NYMPH.EA (Water Lily). Sepals 4 ; petals in- 

 serted on a fleshy disk. (Name from its growing in 



^places which, the nymphs were supposed to haunt.) 



2. NUPHAR (Yellow Water Lily). Sepals 5 ; petals 

 inserted on the receptacle. (Name of Greek origin.) 



(Common Yellow Water Lily). 



1. NYMPH^EA (Water Lily). 



1. N. alba (White Water Lily). The only British 

 species, and, perhaps, the most magnificent of our native 

 flowers, inhabiting clear pools and slow rivers. The 



